Togo - 2017

Dirk Kohnert

A chapter in Africa Yearbook Volume 14: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2017, 2018 from ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics

Abstract: The demand for political alternance, initiated by institutional and electoral reforms, constituted the major contentious issue between the government and the challengers of the Gnassingbé regime throughout the year. Civil society organizations and representatives of the Christian church supported the demands of the opposition. The protest of the notorious divided opposition took a new momentum since August with the lead by a hitherto hardly known opposition party and its charismatic leader, Tikpi Atchadam. He organized huge demonstrations of all the 14 opposition parties in the second half of the year which put the government progressively under pressure. Foreign affairs were dominated by the impact of increased aid by the international donor community. Socio-economic development was marked by diminishing human development and economic freedom.

Keywords: Togo; Africa Yearbook 2017; domestic policy; foreign affairs; socio-economic development; period under review 2017 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F35 F54 N47 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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