Observation

This question was answered by almost all the candidates that sat the examination and their performance was generally good. However, some of the candidates could not outline the reasons for the low volume of trade among West African countries. The expected answers were: poor transportation and communication links, use of different currencies, taste for foreign goods, production of similar goods, low level of technology, trade restrictions, colonial ties, inadequate capital, low level of savings, political instability, poor quality of goods, similarity of climate, government policies and the existence of regional trade unions.