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The
present document is the synthesis of a survey entitled "The
dynamics of urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa" ordered by
the French Ministry of Cooperation in 1995 and achieved under the
auspices of Isted. The work was made in the frame of the Second
United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, held in june 1996
in Istanbul.
The study followed on various series of work covering the different
aspects of the urbanization process in the region of the world.
More particularly, it took place after the study "Long term
Image of Africa"-1984-for the European Economic Community and
the study"West African Long term Perspectives Study" (WALTPS),
conducted by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
(OECD). |
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