Submitted: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 17:14:28 +0000 (Greenwich Standard Time) Karin Kimbrough Ph.D. Student Oxford University Mail address: Centre for the Study of African Economies Oxford University 21 Winchester Road Oxford OX2 6NA United Kingdom phone: (44) 1865 274551 fax: (44) 1865 274558 e-mail: karin.kimbrough@economics.ox.ac.uk Specialization: economics: trade, competitiveness and manufacturing in francophone West Africa