Regional biotechnology regulations: Design options and implications for good governance [PDF]
"Many developing countries are currently in the process of designing regulatory systems that should allow them to use genetically modified organisms (GMOs) for agricultural development, while also managing the food safety and environmental risks ...
Birner, Regina, Linacre, Nicholas
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Synergy of public spending on health and education and human development in the WAEMU countries
Cogent EducationIn the context of a major societal preoccupation with improving economic and human development, governments are likely to rely heavily on public spending on health and education as key instruments and fundamental support for improving the quality of life
Hamidou Ouedraogo +2 more
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The Freetown Declaration: Countercyclical Policy for Africa [PDF]
In August 2009 the African finance ministers issued the Freetown Declaration, in which they committed their governments to “implement fiscal stimulus measures” to counter the effects of the international financial crisis on their economies. This paper ...
John Weeks
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Monetary Policy, Credibility and Asymmetries : Small African Countries and the EMU Advent [PDF]
As a country sets a pig of its currency, the monetary policy credibility it expects to gain implies that the anti-inflationary performance has to be as similar as possible to the anchor country one.
Andre, Nyembwe
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Assessing the influence of central bank independence on inflation volatility: a case study of WAEMU
Cogent Economics & FinanceDespite extensive research on the factors influencing inflation dynamics, few studies have focused on the specific channels through which central bank independence impacts inflation volatility, especially in low-income monetary unions.
Pousseni Bakouan +2 more
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Migrant Remittances and Economic Growth in ECOWAS Countries: Does Digitalization Matter? [PDF]
Eur J Dev Res, 2022 Gniniguè M, Ali E.
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Preferential trade agreements between the monetary community of Central Africa and the European Union: Stumbling or building blocks? A general equilibrium approach [PDF]
"This paper uses a computable general equilibrium approach to simulate two opposing views describing regional trade agreements either as building blocks for or stumbling blocks to multilateral trade liberalization.
Muhammad, Andrew, Ngeleza, Guyslain K.
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COVID-19 policy responses, inflation and spillover effects in the West African Economic and Monetary Union. [PDF]
Afr Dev Rev, 2021 Coulibaly S.
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Are Preferential Agreements Stepping Stones To Other Markets? [PDF]
This paper investigates whether preferential trade agreements (PTA) promote exports to third nations through the expansion of the extensive margin (i.e. larger number of export goods). The analysis covers 11 South- South and South-North PTAs involving 36
Ana Cristina Molina
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Can domestic debt contribute to the financing of the “Millennium Development Goals” ? The case of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) [PDF]
Developing countries are being urged to extent public spending to reach The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Following a series of debt cancellations, the public debt of many developing countries has reached low levels, so that external borrowing is ...
Samuel Guerineau +1 more
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