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Causes and Effects of External Support to Regional Organisations: The Case of EU Support to the ECOWAS Commission in Customs and Free Movement

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This chapter offers a micro-perspective and looks at regional public administrations as key structures of regional organisations in Africa. Taking an inter-organisational approach, the analysis of the ECOWAS Commission’s efforts in the areas of customs and migration gives evidence that it relies on the EU to externalise policy-making activities that it cannot or does not want to handle due to limited capacity and resources. A result is the emergence of parallel structures due to the use of implementing organisations, which put efforts to strengthen the ECOWAS Commission in these policy areas at stake.

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    Data retrieved from: European Community (2008a, 2008b, 2008c) and European Union (2015a, 2015b, 2015c).

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Müller, L.M. (2022). Causes and Effects of External Support to Regional Organisations: The Case of EU Support to the ECOWAS Commission in Customs and Free Movement. In: Muntschick, J. (eds) Regionalism in Africa and External Partners. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10702-3_8

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