scholarly journals Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

2009 ◽  
pp. 59-59
Author(s):  
Barry Turner
Keyword(s):  
West African ◽  
Economic Community

The ECOMOG Initiative in Liberia: A Liberian Perspective

1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 74-83
Author(s):  
S. Byron Tarr
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
West African ◽  
Security System ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Internal Conflicts ◽  
Cooperative Security ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Monitoring Group ◽  
Inter State

This is a Liberian perspective on the unique initiative by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to resolve the Liberian conflict by organizing and deploying a Peace Monitoring Group in Liberia. It considers whether ECOWAS’ initiative can become a self-reliant security system that can end a civil war and institutionalize deterrence to subregional inter-state and internal conflicts. Can this self-generated, West African initiative set the stage for democratization? Is the initiative the start of an inter-African cooperative security system? Is the model of Nigerian leadership a harbinger of a regional hegemony in the making? Is the modest role of the USA constructive in resolving the conflict, in light of the fact that Liberia is a country with which the USA has had an historic relationship?

scholarly journals Ebola haemorrhagic fever in africa: a necessary highlight

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Samuel Adu-Gyamfi
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
International Community ◽  
West African ◽  
Haemorrhagic Fever ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Border Health ◽  
The West ◽  
Global Threat ◽  
Scientific Facts

<p><span lang="EN-GB">The purpose of this commentary is to re-evaluate the historic and scientific facts on Ebola haemorrhagic fever and the role of the international community, especially Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in stemming the tide. It rehashes the argument on causes and prevention and draws attention of readers to emphasize the need for establishment of airport, sea port and border health posts with well drilled and efficient health professionals to be able to test, detect and quarantine persons with Ebola and treat them to prevent the spread of the disease from infected persons to primary or first contacts and secondary contacts. Significantly, countries in the West African sub-region are alarmed by the potential spread of the disease to countries that have hitherto been free of the disease. The potential global threat of the disease has been analysed and measures to be taken by countries within the West-African sub-region have been emphasized. This notwithstanding, does the declaration of countries as Ebola-free suggest the last of it?</span></p>

scholarly journals Regulation status of quarantine pests of rice seeds in the economic community of west African states (ECOWAS)

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (03) ◽  
pp. 12142-12156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatimata Bachabi ◽  
◽  
YMD Gumedzoe ◽  
NG Maroya ◽  
MAT Ayenan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West African ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Rice Seeds

scholarly journals Measuring Trade Costs in Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

2013 ◽  
Vol 04 (01) ◽  
pp. 56-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Ackah ◽  
Festus Ebo Turkson ◽  
Kwadwo Opoku
Keyword(s):  
Trade Costs ◽  
West African ◽  
Economic Community

scholarly journals Enabling Environment and Agriculture in ECOWAS: Implications for Food Security

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 38-46
Author(s):  
Romanus Osabohien ◽  
Isaiah O. Olurinola ◽  
Oluwatoyin A. Matthew ◽  
Amechi Endurance Igharo
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
West African ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Enabling Environment ◽  
Fixed And Random Effects ◽  
World Development

This study examined how enabling environment (proxied by political stability and absence of violence) affect agricultural production and food security in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sub-region. The essence of this study is to ensure that a conducive enabling environment is put in place to boost agriculture, so as to ensure food security in ECOWAS sub-region. The study employed the fixed and random effects econometric method on the data sourced from the World Development Indicators (WDI) and the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) for the period 2000 to 2018. The findings from the study showed that, when there is an enabling environment for farming, agriculture production increased by 1%, while food security increased by about 3%.These findings imply that proper policies and programmes should be put in place towards ensuring an enabling environment for agricultural activities which will increase production and food security within the ECOWAS sub-region.

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