also very high. The economic situation in the countries of the region was additionally affected by the very poor performance of agriculture which affected practically all countries of the region, except the Sudan, and was worst in Morocco. 12. In West Africa the poor performance of both agriculture and mining in the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, the Ivory Coast, the Niger, Nigeria and Senegal for the second year running, weighed heavily on the performance of the region. While in the case of mining the explar.ation is to be foufld in weakened v1orlci demand in the case of agriculture reasons were r.:~ore varied, ranging from protracted droughts in the Cambia and Senegal to the relative neglect of agriculture in development planning in Nigeria. Developments in the Nigerian economy in particular have consider­ able impact on West Africa's economy, first ir-view of its sheer size (64 per cent of the subregion's GDP in 1981) and, second be­ cause of numerous emplcyment opportunities made possible by the oil boom in that country. With oil exports constituting cne­ -f ourth of GDP, about 95 per cent of exports a nc' scme 80 per cent of government revenue the drop in oil production from 2.1 million barrel a day (mbd) in 1980 to 1.4 mbd in 1981 and the first quarter of 1982 forced the gcver11ment first to run down foreign reserves believing that the situation was of a temporary nature and when that turned cut not to be the case, eventually to cur­ tail development outlays and irr.pose strong restrictions on cur­ rent government expenditure a ncl on the use of foreign exchange including wide ranging restrictions on imports. 21 E/ECA/CM.9/5 13. Similarly, qr0\¥th continued to be generally weak in Central Africa in all sectors in 1980 and 1981. In fact in terms of per 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the economic situation in various regions, specifically West Africa and Central Africa, highlighting the impact of poor agriculture and mining performance, as well as the decline of oil production in Nigeria. It seems that the text focuses on the economic aspects of these regions, with a emphasis on the consequences of these developments.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade, Industry