ECONOMIC POLICY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF WEST AFRICAN STATES DURING COLONIAL ERA

ECONOMIC POLICY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF WEST AFRICAN STATES DURING COLONIAL ERA

Abstract:

This project on the ‘Economic Policy and Development of West Africa State during Colonial Era”, tried to analyze the nature of the colonial economic policies. The various policies used by the three major European powers that colonized the West African region were highlighted. The various differences in the economic policies that were- used clearly exposed the original intention of the colonial masters, no matter how good the policy looked as exploitative. To exploit the many resources of the West African people and export such to their European Nations. The paper also emphasized on the role of the 1930 economic slump with a world wide depression, which forced the European powers to change their policies to better the West African States. This change brought in the ‘Rapid Industrialization Programme’ which brought a lot of gain into the West African States

ECONOMIC POLICY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF WEST AFRICAN STATES DURING COLONIAL ERA