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Influence of tax structures on income inequality in WAEMU countries
, 2023 Extreme inequalities often engender the kind of poverty that has major implications for the enjoyment of civil and political rights (Alston, 2019). Left unchecked, it can lead to oligarchy, socio-political unrest, political instability, insecurity crises
ZABSONRE Zacharia, OUEDRAOGO Boukary
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Sustainable Development, Volume 32, Issue 5, Page 4606-4632, October 2024.Abstract Youth unemployment is major policy concern in Senegal. The country has in recent years, implemented several programs to combat unemployment and the precariousness of youth employment in the labor market. However, the results of these programs are to date hardly perceptible.
André D. Tsambou +3 more
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Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 779-805, July 2024.Abstract We examine the nexus between financial inclusion and inflation targeting monetary policy effectiveness in West African Economic and Monetary Union countries by employing a heterogenous panel approach that enables us to delineate the responses to policy innovations related to idiosyncratic country‐specific shocks, common shocks, and composite ...
Jeleta Kebede +2 more
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African economic integration and trade
The World Economy, Volume 47, Issue 5, Page 2122-2146, May 2024.Abstract Economic integration ranks as one of the leading development strategies in Africa. The newly created African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the proposed Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) linking three major regional blocks offer a new impetus to studying trade policy effects.
Marie M. Stack +2 more
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Understanding the effects of migrant remittances on agricultural production in Waemu countries [PDF]
This research aims to explore the effects of migrants' remittances on agricultural production in WAEMU countries. Particular attention is given to the interactive effect of these remittances and farm-related characteristics such as the area of farmland ...
Yoda, Abdoul Hadirou +1 more
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Impact of monetary policy transmission mechanism in West African countries
Studia Universitatis Vasile Goldis Arad, Seria Stiinte Economice, 2022 The study analyzed the impact of monetary policy shocks on economic growth in 12 countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), using quarterly data from 1980(1) to 2017(4).
Famoroti Jonathan Olusegun +1 more
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What type of central banker dampens the political business cycle? The case of Africa
International Journal of Finance &Economics, Volume 29, Issue 2, Page 1920-1946, April 2024.Abstract This article investigates the extent to which central bank independence can help to reduce political business cycles in Africa. Like previous studies, we find evidence of political cycles in our sample of 34 African countries for the period 1980–2018, but our findings show that politicians' ability to manipulate both fiscal and monetary policy
Christine Strong
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Monetary Integration Across West Africa: Is the Region Ripe for a Monetary Union?
SAGE OpenThis study investigates the possibility of forming a monetary union across West Africa. This was achieved by employing the structural VAR framework. Data on real GDP, inflation, and exchange rate were used to represent supply, monetary, and demand shocks
Olajide Oyadeyi
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Growth and Convergence in WAEMU Countries
IMF Working Papers, 2004 This paper investigates convergence and dynamic effects of human and physical capital on growth, in WAEMU countries. Using recently developed models for panel data and a growth accounting model, the study finds that growth is largely explained by changes in literacy rates and factor accumulation, but not by growth of total factor productivity (TFP ...
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EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF MONEY DEMAND AND SHOCKS IN WAEMU
, 2022 The study of the demand for money is not only to grasp the quantity of money on hand. This is to ask the fundamental concern, is the economic definition of the demand for money intuitive? The answer to this question helps monetary policymakers formulate more effective policy. Using cointegration regression and the error correction model method over the
KOUADIO, Kouamé Jean Jacques +3 more
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