The Determinants of Investment Efficiency in West African Economic and Monetary Union (Waemu)

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-61
Author(s):  
Issoufou Soumaila
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Union ◽  
West African ◽  
Economic And Monetary Union ◽  
Investment Efficiency

scholarly journals CO2 Emissions and Economic Growth in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) Countries

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youmanli Ouoba
Keyword(s):  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Monetary Union ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Test Procedure ◽  
West African ◽  
Economic And Monetary Union ◽  
Kuznets Curve ◽  
The West ◽  
The Government ◽  
Bound Test

The objective of this work is to address the validity of a quadratic environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) countries over the period 1970-2010. The bound test procedure is used to analyze the relationship between CO2 emissions and GDP. The results indicate that there is no long term relationship between these variables for the panel of 8 countries of the WAEMU. Similarly, the co-integration exists only in Benin, Mali and Togo. For the purposes of robustness check, additional variables (energy consumption and trade openness) and the Sasabuchi–Lind–Mehlum U test are used. The results confirm the validity of a quadratic carbon Kuznets curve only in Mali. Moreover, the validity of the "pollution havens" hypothesis suggests that the government of Mali should strengthen its environmental regulation policy to limit the influx of polluting industries in the country.

The Mano River Union

1982 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 613-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Robson
Keyword(s):  
International Economic ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Monetary Union ◽  
West African ◽  
Economic And Monetary Union ◽  
Economic Community

Of the four current schemes for international economic integration in West Africa, the operation of the Communauté économique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest has been recently reviewed, the Economic Community of West African States continues to be widely discussed, while the agreement of the Presidents of Senegal and Gambia in Dakar on 17 December 1981 to establish a Senegambian Confederation, and to develop an economic and monetary union between the two countries, is as yet in its formative stages. This article examines the structure, progress, and potential of the Mano River Union (M.R.U.) about which little has been published.

scholarly journals Soybean and Maize Zoning in West African Economic and Monetary Union—A simulation Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 158
Author(s):  
Marcela dos Santos Müller ◽  
Durval Dourado Neto ◽  
Klaus Reichardt ◽  
Luís Carlos Timm ◽  
Felipe Fadel Sartori ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Union ◽  
West African ◽  
Economic And Monetary Union ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Potential Yield ◽  
Actual Yield ◽  
Agricultural Yield ◽  
Technology Strategies ◽  
Attainable Yield ◽  
Crop Zoning

The West African Economic and Monetary Union (abbreviated as UEMOA from its name in French: Union Économique et Monétaire Ouest-Africaine) is an organization of eight West African countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo. This region suffers an agricultural yield gap mainly due to misplanning of crop zoning. Our study aimed to perform an agricultural zoning for maize and soybean in the UEMOA region based on (i) potential yield (carbon dioxide, temperature, photosynthetically active radiation, photoperiod and genotype), (ii) attainable yield, under high crop management and technology inputs and (iii) actual yield. Results show that the UEMOA region is very suitable for growing maize and soybeans; however, a large gap exists between attainable and actual yields. It is shown that the adoption of better management and technology strategies is a way to greatly increase local yields.

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