Contacts/Organization

In July 2004, the Africa Region created the Regional Integration Department, signaling its intent to step up Bank assistance to regional integration in Africa. The new Department builds on the work done since 2001 by the previous Regional Integration and Cooperation unit. Activities are focused along four sub-regions: Southern Africa (SADC, COMESA and IOC), Eastern Africa (EAC), central Africa (CEMAC) and West Africa (ECOWAS and WAEMU).

The mission of the Regional Integration Department is to assist our clients to accelerate growth and development through integrating the human, technical and physical resources of mostly small economies to create larger, more competitive and more successful economic spaces. The department has two main objectives:

	To support clients to extend the integration of national development plans in ways that offer practical opportunities to accelerate growth through regional and sub-regional approaches
Â	To assist clients to realize priority regional and sub-regional projects that show tangible benefits in the near term.Â

 

 

 

The regional teams for the four sub-regions are listed below:

Â	Central Africa: CEMAC Core Team(June 2005)Â
Â	East Africa: EAC Africa Core Team(June 2005)
Â	Southern Africa: SADC RI Core Team(April 2005)
Â	West Africa Core Team (June 2005)Â

 

 

 

  
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Please contact RID@worldbank.org for more information about World Bank's Sub-Saharan Africa's Regional Integration program.