ECOWAS and AfCFTA: Potential Short-Run Impact of a Draft ECOWAS Tariff Offer [PDF]
Journal of African Trade, 2021 This study provides an ex ante short-run impact analysis of tariff liberalisation in the context of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) customs union regarding tariff revenue and import values.
Lunenborg, Peter, Roberts, Thomas
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ECOWAS and the Restoration of Democracy in the Gambia [PDF]
Africa Spectrum, 2017 Following the disputed December 2016 presidential elections in The Gambia, ECOWAS managed to “restore democracy” in the country by using the threat of force, but without any use of direct physical violence. Both the African Union and the United Nations Security Council backed ECOWAS, which also gave ECOWAS legitimacy, for what was essentially ECOWAS's ...
Christof Hartmann
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Does regional trade promote economic growth? Evidence from Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) [PDF]
Journal of Economics and Development, 2020 Purpose – This paper examines the impact of regional and non-regional trade on economic growth using annual data from Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member countries for the period 2007 to 2017.
Agwu Sunday Okoro +3 more
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Assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of the economic community of West African States Medicines Regulatory Harmonization initiative by the pharmaceutical industry [PDF]
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023 Background: Following the establishment of Economic Community of West African States Medicines Regulatory Harmonization (ECOWAS-MRH) initiative in 2017, it was considered timely to carry out an evaluation of the current status of the initiative’s ...
Mercy Owusu-Asante +6 more
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EXCHANGE RATE VOLATILITY AND MANUFACTURING OUTPUT IN ECOWAS ECONOMIES [PDF]
Management of Sustainable Development, 2022 This study examined the impact of exchange rate volatility on manufacturing output in the ECOWAS, using time series data spanning from 1970 to 2019. The study employed panel data analysis to examine the relationship between exchange rate volatility and ...
IHEZIE Okwuchukwu Ezra
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African Human Mobility Review, 2021 This paper examines the challenges to the implementation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Protocol on Free Movement, with particular reference to Ghana and Sierra Leone.
Joseph Kofi Teye +2 more
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Conflict resolution in West Africa: What is ECOWAS for?
Mural Internacional, 2022 This article aims at analyzing the role played by ECOWAS in the Ivorian and Malian crises. We argue that ECOWAS in many circumstances help to de-escalate violence at the first stage of conflict in Mali and Côte d’Ivoire.
Agossou Lucien Ahouangan
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Blockchain Technology: From the Technological Fringes to the Mainstream and Its Applications [PDF]
Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series, 2022 Blockchain Technology which began as a pilot project on the technological fringes aimed at solving the double-spending in a digital exchange of value in a transactional relationship has moved into the mainstream and become the vortex of technological ...
Gideon Simon Ghajiga +2 more
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The Future of Blockchain Technology and its Application and Challenges with Regard to International Migration within the African Union [PDF]
Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series, 2023 This paper explores the potential application and challenges of blockchain technology in addressing the complex issues surrounding international migration within the African Union (AU).
Charles Chatta +2 more
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ECOWAS as a Provider of Peacekeeping Assistance in Africa [PDF]
Ученые записки Института Африки Российской академии наук, 2022 This article examines the peacekeeping experience of the Economic Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS). It traces the entire evolution of the union in peacekeeping – from the first missions in Liberia and Sierra Leone to the operation in the ...
IUTIAEVA Irina Romanovna
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