Bài này được lược dịch từ bản tiếng Anh ngày 23 tháng 3 năm 2009. Bản đó tham khảo các tài liệu sau:

1. ECOWAS Executive Secretariat (2002) Fostering Regional Integration through NEPAD Implementation Annual Report 2002 of the Executive Secretary Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Abuja: ECOWAS
2. ECOWAS Executive Secretariat (2000) Executive Secretary's Report 2000, Abuja: ECOWAS
3. REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND COOPERATION IN WEST AFRICA A Multidimensional Perspective, Chapter 1. Introduction: Reflections on an Agenda for Regional Integration and Cooperation in West Africa
4. "Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)" fact sheet from the US Department of State’s Bureau of African Affairs
5. "Annual Report on Integration in Africa 2002" All Africa, 1 tháng 3 năm 2002
6. ECOWAS (2007) Information Manual: The Institutions of the Community ECOWAS