Aspects régionaux du sous-développement. Essai de comparaison entre l'Afrique de l'Ouest et l'Amérique Latine

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Regional aspects of under-development. A comparative essay on west africa and latin America Regional aspects of under-development. a comparative essay on west Africa and latin America. (Abstract.) — -As geographers study the world-wide problem of under-develop-ment in more and more détail, they are convinced that the régional aspects of the problem are without doubt much more revealing than its general characteristics One may consider that the essential contribution geography can make to the study of under-development should be regional analysis comparative as required Indeed it is difficult to establish systematic comparison between two regions as different as West Africa and Latin America size historical development economic strength etc However true geographical method is one of approach rather than comprehensiveness This essay tries to present certain number of characteristics which can be compared and which can also define to some extent the sense and bearing of geographical synthesis The determining factors natural conditions and historical factors the signs of under-development purely geographycal considerations egg the relationships between town and country two economies compared the coffee economies of Brazil and the Ivory Coast two examples of regional disputes Mexico and Senegal two cases of alarming under-development Haiti and Dahomey