This article examines The Politics of Inter-County Resource Allocation in Federal and Quasi-Federal African States: Challenges and Opportunities in the 2020s with a focused emphasis on Côte d'Ivoire within the field of Arts & Humanities. It is structured as a theoretical framework article that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.