West Africas coastal areas host about one third of the regions population and generate 56% of its GDP.
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Aerial view of Bargny, Senegal. Inhabitants say in the last couple of decades, the water eroded more than 200 meters of coast. (Photo/Vincent Tremeau/World Bank).