Sarraut’s investment program was never funded and never implemented

Evidence

Nothing came of Sarraut’s investment plans; in the postwar depression, France turned to its colonies for funds, rather than the other way around. But the idea that West Africa could and should produce more did not disappear. From World War I to the Great Depression, the Colonial Ministry and the Direction of Economic Affairs reiterated this idea. — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 759

Categorization

• XREF: Sarraut’s failure parallels the reader’s essay theme of promised infrastructure never materializing.