Essays about: "and WAEMU"

Found 4 essays containing the words and WAEMU.

  1. 1. Monetary Policy Determination: A Taylor Rule Based Approach : A study of the West African Economic and Monetary Union

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Henric Nicklasson; Måns Ekström; [2019]
    Keywords : Taylor Rule; Monetary Policy; Discretion; Policy Rules;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper has been to investigate the monetary policy in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), in terms of a Taylor rule based approach to their use of their interest rate. The evaluation of the different rules was based on both in-sample and out-of-sample forecast errors. READ MORE

  3. 2. ECOWAS and WAEMU as Tools for Promoting Export Diversification

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Alexander Edberg Thorén; Fredrik Azelius; [2016]
    Keywords : Economic Integration; ECOWAS; Export Diversification; Intra-Regional Trade; and WAEMU; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper examines export diversification with main focus on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a union promoting economic integration in the region of West Africa. The West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), another Regional Integration Agreement (RIA), is also of main importance for the study. READ MORE

  4. 3. Regional Integration in West Africa - Are Countries Diverging?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jacob Inganäs; [2014]
    Keywords : ECOWAS; regional integration; divergence; comparative advantage; agglomeration effects.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The author examines reasons for divergence of GDP per capita among the members of ECOWAS, a RIA in West Africa of 15 members. Also, WAEMU, another RIA in West Africa, is analyzed although to a smaller extent than ECOWAS. Mainly consequences of trade diversion and agglomeration effects are considered. READ MORE

  5. 4. Static Effects of Economic Integration in West Africa: Assessing an impact of Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) on intra-regional trade

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Anna Khabarova; [2010]
    Keywords : Economic partnership agreement; EU; West Africa; Regional agreement; Economic integration; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In many parts of the world regional economic integration has experienced a revival since the yearly 1990s. That is the reason that the African continent has been drawn and involved itself into this process. READ MORE