Fuel smuggling in the borderlands between Coastal West Africa and the Sahel is widespread. The economic and political effects of smuggling include government revenue loss and funding for illegal activities, but it remains of significant importance to cross-border trade and livelihoods. This political economy analysis (PEA) of fuel smuggling between Paga, Ghana and Pô, Burkina Faso studies the intersections between illicit and licit cross-border trade flows, and the ways in which these flows have been impacted by the expanding presence of violent extremists in the borderlands.
A political economy analysis of fuel smuggling between Ghana and Burkina Faso
Fuel smuggling in Ghana and Burkina Faso is a high volume, cross-border activity with both licit and illicit aspects that are intrinsically linked to the socio-economic fabric of remote communities in rural areas of Coastal West Africa.