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West Africa Coast Initiative

West Africa Coast Initiative is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand West Africa Coast Initiative rather than just read about it. In short: The West Africa Coast Initiative is an attempt from the United Nations to combat drug trafficking and transnational organized crime in West Africa. Initially, Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Sierra Leone where $1 billion worth of cocaine is trafficked annually, are the first to accept and join the initiative; perhaps Guinea will join later.

Key takeaways

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Reproduce the core statement of West Africa Coast Initiative from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The West Africa Coast Initiative is an attempt from the United Nations to combat drug trafficking and transnational organized crime in West Africa. Initially,

Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Sierra Leone where $1 billion worth of cocaine is trafficked annually, are the first to accept and join the initiative; perhaps Guinea will join later. In some nations in the area, which are amongst the poorest in the world, drug trafficking profits actually outweigh the GDP. The Initiative will cover law enforcement, intelligence gathering, border management and corruption, among other crime prevention elements.

Plans The initiative will address and resolve poorly defined national boundaries, and attempt to stop corruption, as both of these conditions make it easy for traffickers to smuggle their goods. Other items covered by the initiative include the stop of illegal toxic waste exports from Europe. The revenue from 45,000,000 fake anti-malarial pills, worth nearly $450 million, is greater than Guinea-Bissau’s GDP, while profits generated by cigarette smuggling, with a $775 million price tag, are more than Gambia’s entire GDP. The UN has appealed for short-term technical and financial assistance to West Africa to help the region regain control of its air, sea and land space, and views long-term development assistance as the best safeguard against narcotics-trafficking and the creation of drug-dependent economies. Oil theft, or “bunkering”, in the Niger Delta is a key driver of pollution, as well as political instability, and the West Africa Coast Initiative will provide technical assistance to address it. In Nigeria, 55 million barrels of oil a year (a tenth of their entire production) are lost through theft and smuggling. Oil bunkering is a source of pollution, corruption, and revenue for insurgents and criminal groups, particularly in the Niger Delta.

Partner organizations The West Africa Coast Initiative is a collaboration of the

UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) The UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) The UN Department of Political Affairs/UN Office for West Africa (DPA/UNOWA) Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and Interpol.

Other information According to the UNODC, organized crime in West Africa is beginning to subside.

Only the major trading routes are shown, but there are many more in different areas in the world for different drugs. This map only shows the trading routes of cocaine, the most frequently trafficked drug in West Africa.

See also Illegal fishing in Africa Drug trade in West Africa East African drug trade West Africa Commission on Drugs Illegal drug trade in Latin America Maritime drug trafficking in Latin America United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs

References UNmultimedia A UN press release Another UN press release

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with West Africa Coast Initiative

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what West Africa Coast Initiative claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In physics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to West Africa Coast Initiative before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about West Africa Coast Initiative ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of West Africa Coast Initiative

In research: West Africa Coast Initiative appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses West Africa Coast Initiative in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: West Africa Coast Initiative is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2009 in Africa, 21st-century crimes in Africa, Crime in Africa, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for West Africa Coast Initiative outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study West Africa Coast Initiative in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

What is West Africa Coast Initiative in simple terms?

The West Africa Coast Initiative is an attempt from the United Nations to combat drug trafficking and transnational organized crime in West Africa. Initially, Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Sierra Leone where $1 billion worth of cocaine is trafficked annually, are the first to accept and join th…

Why does West Africa Coast Initiative matter?

Because it connects several physics ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study West Africa Coast Initiative?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

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