Good afternoon. I am delighted to participate in this important event. The delays and costs of doing business in West Africa are a serious impediment to the region's economic growth and development. Delays at borders and the costs incurred … enormous market ? more than 300 million people? The USAID Trade Hub's many transport and logistics studies show that delays have a significant impact on trade and investment in West Africa. At the first Borderless conference, which was held
Ouverture du Centre Frontalier d'Information aux Commerçants à la frontière entre la Côte d'Ivoire et le Ghana: l'allocution de SEM Phillip Carter III, ambassadeur des USA
ECOWAS expresses deep concern over latest developments in Cote d'Ivoire
election of 28th November 2010 and urges Mr. Laurent Gbagbo to yield power with dignity without further delay. The Commission urges Mr. Gbagbo to reconsider his confrontational stance towards the international community and act in the supreme interests