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Guinea Bissau has adopted the Guinea Bissau Strategic Plan 2025, "Terra Ranka". It will be implemented between 2015 and 2025 and is based on six major priorities as follows: governance, infrastructure, urban development, human development, agro industry and biodiversity. These priorities aim to support competitiveness and economic growth.

Mali is relying on the Strategic Framework for Economic Recovery and Sustainable Development (CREDD) to revitalize its economy.

The overall objective of the CREDD (Mali's Strategic Framework for Economic Recovery and Sustainable Development) is to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) by 2030 by promoting inclusive, sustainable development that furthers a reduction in both poverty and inequalities on the basis of the country's potential and resilience, among other factors.

The strategy is supported by an action plan and incorporates cross sector guidelines including mainstreaming of topic areas such as gender, youth employment and climate change in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of public policies. In all, CFAF 3,440 billion in budgetary allocations has been earmarked to help achieve the objectives that have been set.

Niger is implementing the Social and Economic Development Plan (PDES) in order to promote the economic, social and cultural well being of the country's people. The Plan sets five strategic priorities. They include: building up the credibility and effectiveness of public institutions, establishing sustainable conditions for balanced, inclusive development; promoting food security and sustainable agricultural development; promoting a competitive and diversified economy for accelerated, inclusive growth; and promoting social development.

The aim of Togo's PND (National Development Plan) 2018 2022 is to lay the groundwork for Togo to become an emerging economy by 2022 and an inclusive, strong and stable democratic nation that is open to the world. There will be a structural transformation of the economy, and all regional communities will play a substantive role in strong, sustainable and inclusive growth that enables all its people to have equitable access to high calibre social services while complying with environmental and human rights standards.

The strategy will have five priorities, namely improvements to the population's welfare and well being; improvements to productivity and competitiveness in growth sectors; stronger infrastructures that support growth; sustainable management of the regions, the environment and standards of living; and enhanced governance and peace building.

In view of the sector’s importance, the member States adopted the Union Agricultural Policy (PAU) on 10 December 2001 under Additional Act No. 03/2001. It aims to resolve the major challenges facing agriculture in the WAEMU area, namely, how to increase agricultural output sustainably through intensification, and the joint management of natural resources that are now regional public goods and are threatened by intensifying competition.

In order to combat overfishing and abuse of marine products, a series of measures has been adopted, including the Directive establishing a common system for the monitoring, inspection and oversight of fisheries within WAEMU and the Directive introducing a common system for the sustainable management of fisheries resources in the member States of the Union.

The overall energy position of the WAEMU States is characterized by the following features: (a) poor access to modern energy services, primarily electricity; (b) thermal generation power plants that use imported petroleum products predominate; (c) power generation continues to be expensive; (d) there is little use of renewable energy to meet people's energy needs despite significant potential in renewables. In view of the shortfall between supply and demand, it was vital for the Common Energy Policy (PEC) to take a new approach, especially under the Regional Sustainable Energy Initiative (IRED). The IRED has four priorities, namely:
• to develop a diversified, competitive and sustainable power supply;
• to draw up a regional energy management plan;
• to expedite reforms and the emergence of a regional market in electricity;
• to establish a funding and support mechanism for the sector.