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T1 Compensation policies in forgotten territories of peripheral regions. The case of Casamance (Senegal)
A1 Piñeira Mantiñán, María José
A1 López Rodríguez, Ramón
A1 Mballo, Issa
K1 Peripheral region
K1 marginalization
K1 development policies
K1 Casamance
K1 Senegal
AB Casamance, a region in the south of Senegal, is a territory that can be defined as a forgotten space. The causes include not only geographical issues, but also historical aspects and an independent conflict which has limited the region’s development since the 1990s. Throughout this chapter, we will analyze the factors that determine the low visibility of this region, which was experiencing a high population exodus toward the Dakar capital, whose macrocephaly and economic and political power result in the inefficiency of the decentralization model and discrimination toward the other regions – such as Casamance – reflected in a low representation in national politics, ineffective public actions in development and exploitation model, and the appropriation of land by the Senegalese of the north, foreign companies, and multinationals. We will see how, despite this, Casamance is an area that in potential can create significant value and how it is trying to position itself from a territorial and economic point of view through cooperation programs, projects, and public policies aimed at the development of tourism, infrastructure creation, hydro-agricultural development, and transport development.
PB Routledge
SN 9781032041070
YR 2023
FD 2023-06-23
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/44250
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/44250
LA eng
NO Mantiñán, M. J. P., Rodríguez, R. L., & Mballo, I. (2023). 1 Compensation policies in forgotten territories of peripheral regions. Regional Development and Forgotten Spaces: Global Policy Experiences and Implications.
DS Minerva
RD 27 abr 2026