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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298540003321

Titolo

Regional Economic Integration in West Africa / / edited by Diery Seck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-01282-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Collana

Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development, , 2198-7262

Disciplina

338.966

Soggetti

Development economics

Regional economics

Spatial economics

Development Economics

Regional/Spatial Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Part I: Private Sector -- Part II: Regional Macroeconomic Policy -- Part III: Regional Trade -- Part IV: Labor Markets and Policy.

Sommario/riassunto

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 those 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.