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Growth in exports is recognized to have an important role in economic development. Trade among developing countries has been hypothesized to be more effective than world trade in general because it promotes market and product diversification and it expands market size. This paper analyzes agricultural trade among the 18 developing countries of West Africa during 1970-82 in order to evaluate the achievement and distribution of gains from intra-regional trade.Agricultural trade within West Africa was found to generate some important benefits, although not all the benefits anticipated from trade among developing countries. The gains were found to differ significantly by country. It is a market whose potential should be given careful consideration in the region's export-led development strategies. The uneven distribution of gains from such trade has implications for the optimal design of strategies to increase it.

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