A need is something that is needed to survive. A want is something that an individual desires, but would be able to live without. A primary distinguishing feature of a need is that it is necessary to sustain life.

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Write on ECOWAS as a Regional Trading Bloc under the following headings: • When Established and Brief History • Current Membersh

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ECOWAS is a strong regional trading block similar to Schengen Zone countries adopted in Europe. In ECOWAS, there was need to promote common trade among its people, encourage free movement of goods, people and services as well to encourage the usage of single common currency in the region. Despite its challenges, there is still prospect of actualizing its aim.

• When Established and Brief History: This is a body of West African Countries with its roots in earlier attempts at a West African economic community meetings in the 1960's. Then, it was spearheaded by Yakubu Gowon of Nigeria and Gnassigbe Eyadema of Togo.

• Current Membership: The member States of ECOWAS are include Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. Most of these countries are French speaking countries with few being an English speaking country.

• Goals: The primary purpose of ECOWAS is to promote economic trade, national cooperation, and monetary union, for growth and development throughout West Africa. And, also, improve the living standards of its peoples, to maintain and enhance economic stability.

• Achievements: Some of the achievements of ECOWAS include the resolution of the civil war conflict in Liberia, the unified international examination taken by high school student (WASSCE by WAEC body), free movement within each individual countries easily without visa, bilateral trade agreement within countries (for example supply of electricity to Togo, Benin by Nigeria) etc.

• Challenges: Some of the challenges include the lack of political will be engage in more bilateral trade, issues of establishment of Eco currency similar to Euro, issues on balanced trade between countries. And, also, challenges on language barriers among countries and citizens of the various countries.

• Conclusion: As a regional power bloc, there is prospect of it emerging as a strong economic bloc in the African continent. The countries should simply try and sort out the challenges among them as well work towards the establishment and use of single currency in the region.

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I need help with this question

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The answer is D, all of above.

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Which of the following helped make the reunification of Germany possible? the influence of pro-Western military alliances ethnic

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One of the main factors that helped unification was the economic and political growth of the West Germany capitalist, through North American resources .This caused a disappointing population of East Germany, which adopted a socialist regime, causing a migration of people to western Germany.

All this situation caused a great crisis in socialism, so the people pressed the rulers of eastern Germany, who were forced to open negotiations with western Germany for the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of the country

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