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| Author | : Eswar Prasad |
| Publisher | : Brookings Institution Press |
| Total Pages | : 203 |
| Release | : 2021-07-13 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0815738544 |
" Assessing the potential benefits and risks of a currency union Leaders of the fifteen-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have set a goal of achieving a monetary and currency union by late 2020. Although some progress has been made toward achieving this ambitious goal, major challenges remain if the region is to realize the necessary macroeconomic convergence and establish the required institutional framework in a relatively short period of time. The proposed union offers many potential benefits, especially for countries with historically high inflation rates and weak central banks. But, as implementation of the euro over the past two decades has shown, folding multiple currencies, representing disparate economies, into a common union comes with significant costs, along with operational challenges and transitional risks. All these potential negatives must be considered carefully by ECOWAS leaders seeking tomeet a self-imposed deadline. This book, by two leading experts on economics and Africa, makes a significant analytical contribution to the debates now under way about how ECOWAS could achieve and manage its currency union, andthe ramifications for the African continent. "
| Author | : Olutayo, Akinpelu O. |
| Publisher | : CODESRIA |
| Total Pages | : 148 |
| Release | : 2015-12-01 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 2869786328 |
This book examines how the existence of overlapping regional institutions has presented a daunting challenge to the workings of various Regional Economic Communities (RECs) on the African continent. The majority of the African countries are members of overlapping and, sometimes, contradictory RECs. For instance, in East Africa, while Kenya and Uganda are both members of EAC and COMESA, Tanzania, which is also a member of the EAC, left COMESA in 2001 to join SADC. In West Africa, while all former French colonies belong to ECOWAS, they simultaneously keep membership of UEMOA, an organization which is not recognized by the African Union (AU). Such multiple and confusing memberships create unnecessary duplication and dims the light on what ought to be priority. Various chapters in this book have therefore sought to identify and proffer solutions to related challenges confronting the workings of the RECs in different sub-regions of the African continent. The discourses range from security to the stock exchange, identity integration, development framework, labour movement and cross-border relations. The pattern adopted in the book involves devolution of related discussions from the general to the specific; that is, from the continental level to sub-regional case studies.
| Author | : Kofi Oteng Kufuor |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 305 |
| Release | : 2017-03-02 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 1351887629 |
This book examines regional economic integration in West Africa within the context of the institutional evolution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). It uses the tools of the New Institutional Economics School (NIE) to explore the origins and development of the most recent ECOWAS Treaty. Particular attention is given to the interface between domestic legal arrangements and the success of open markets at the regional and international levels.
| Author | : Diery Seck |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 251 |
| Release | : 2020-06-24 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 3030464822 |
This book examines the impact of financing on Africa’s economic development. By exploring various financial instruments including the role of alternative sources of funding like migrant remittances and illicit flows, it analyses the role of financing for Africa’s macroeconomic development and other development indicators such as infrastructure, transport, global trade, industrialisation, social services, external indebtedness and governance. By presenting and examining case studies on various African countries and regions, the respective contributions investigate the capacity of institutions to facilitate and structure the economy’s funding activities, and to strengthen the ties between finance and development. Furthermore, they discuss various regional aspects, such as the integration of infrastructure, harmonization of fiscal policy, integration of financial markets, and the facilitation of intra-regional trade and movement of capital. Given its scope, the book will appeal to scholars of economics and development studies with an interest in the economic development of Africa.
| Author | : Diery Seck |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 274 |
| Release | : 2013-11-18 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 3319012827 |
This book presents a number of key studies pertaining to the most pressing challenges of economic regional integration in West Africa. The issues of monetary coordination, foreign exchange volatility, taxation, savings and macroeconomic convergence are investigated from a regional perspective. The characteristics of West Africa’s trade policy are reviewed and assessed in comparison to that of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The extent to which regional integration can tackle the challenge of unemployment is the focus of studies on labour markets. Development of the private sector and coordination of regional cross-border transportation are examined through the lens of economic collaboration between Arab and African countries. The book provides fresh new answers to persistent development questions and sheds new light on long-held views that are either incomplete or no longer true. It also opens new perspectives on the search for sustainable avenues for Africa’s development. In this regard, it may contribute to the emergence of a new paradigm on Africa’s development process and its science-based, policy-oriented implementation.
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : UN |
| Total Pages | : 166 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : |
The fifth of the series (ARIA/V) has come at a time of renewed enthusiasm for shortening the period of the vision of the Abuja Treaty. Its overall objective is to provide an analytical research publication that defines frameworks for African Governments, the African Union and the Regional Economic Communities, towards accelerating the establishment of the African Common Market through: the speedy removal of all tariff and non-tariff barriers, obstacles to free movement of people, investments and factors of production in general across Africa, and through fast-tracking the creation of an African continental Free Trade Area
| Author | : United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa |
| Publisher | : United Nations, Economic Commission for Africa |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : |
This publication examines progress towards regional integration in Africa; defined as one of the anchoring ideals of African unity and the basis for the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) development framework. The report analyses the current state of the integration process, highlighting where efforts have succeeded or failed. Findings include that progress has been mixed across sectors, regional economic communities and member states; with some notable progress in trade, communications, transport and macroeconomic policy. Overall however, substantial gaps remain between goals and achievements of most regional economic communities, particularly in terms of internal African trade, macroeconomic policy convergence, production and physical connectivity. A summary report is also available (ISBN 9211250927)
| Author | : Faezeh Foroutan |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 54 |
| Release | : 1992 |
| Genre | : Regional planning |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Kofi Oteng Kufuor |
| Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
| Total Pages | : 202 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 9780754644880 |
A unique analysis of regional economic integration in West Africa, this book is an exploration of the institutional evolution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). It uses the tools of the New Institutional Economics School (NIE) to explore the most recent ECOWAS Treaty.
| Author | : Torsten Gårdlund |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 142 |
| Release | : 1968 |
| Genre | : Liberia |
| ISBN | : |
