On January 26, Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko gave a talk at the West African Research Center (WARC) on "Post Communist Transition and the European Union Enlargement.” Professor Kolodko, who was in Dakar to attend the conference of the Global Development Network (GDN), an international organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., is the former Vice-Prime Minister of Poland in charge of Finance and the Director of the Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research (TIGER) and the Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management (WSPIZ) in Poland. Kolodko’s lecture focused on state integration, economic development and post-communism and is of particular importance in light of efforts presently being made for the consolidation of the African Union through entities such as the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). This talk, like others at WARC, was open to the public and stimulates necessary thought and dialogue amongst the audience members.