scholarly journals Economic Integration in West Africa: A Reconsideration of the Evidence

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akpan H. Ekpo
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Economic Integration

Integration, development and equity: economic integration in West Africa

1983 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-164
Author(s):  
Thomas Young
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Economic Integration

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 The rationale of economic integration in West Africa

1975 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 106-108
Author(s):  
M. Uka Ezenwinyinya
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Economic Integration

Investor–State Dispute Settlement using the ECOWAS Court of Justice: An Analysis and Some Proposals 

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 496-518
Author(s):  
Matthew Happold
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Dispute Settlement ◽  
West African ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Court Of Justice

Abstract In the light of increasing discontent with arbitration as a method of investor–State dispute settlement (ISDS), alongside proposals for the establishment of court systems for the settlement of such disputes, this article suggests that such a mechanism might already be available for West African States in the form of the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The ECOWAS Court of Justice, the article shows, can already deal with a variety of investor–State disputes, while reforms are suggested to extend its investment jurisdiction and render it more effective. Such initiatives, it argues, would assist in developing African States’ role as ‘investment rule makers’ rather than ‘rule takers’, as well as further ECOWAS’s mission to promote economic integration within West Africa.

scholarly journals The Politics of a Viable Alternative to Underdevelopment in Africa: The Case of Economic Integration in West Africa, 1960-1975

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 246
Author(s):  
Olawale Bakare Salami
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Viable Alternative ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
Member States ◽  
Lack Of Commitment

<p>The paper examines the political obstacles facing economic co-operation in West Africa between 1960 and 1975. By comparing the economic and political factors that formed the pillars of sub-regional cooperation, the study submits that efforts to integrate the region before 1975 were marred by suspicion among members states and the meddlesomeness of foreign Powers such as France in the region. Drawing from its findings, the paper concludes that lack of commitment from member states delayed the integration of the region till 1975.</p>

SOURCES OF THE LAW OF THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS)

2001 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunday Babalola Ajulo
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
West African ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Member States ◽  
Community Court ◽  
Legal Problems ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
The Law

Articles 6(e) and 15(1–4) of the ECOWAS Revised Treaty (1993) provide for the establishment of a Court of Justice of the Community. These provisions should, however, be read along with those of the Protocol on the Community Court of Justice initialled in 1991. Attempts have been made to analyse various aspects of the institutions of the Community, including the Court of Justice. While Bankole Thompson examined the legal problems of the economic integration in West Africa, Kofi Oteng Kufuor attempted to look at the Court of Justice from the angle of compliance with its judgments by member states. Denakin, for his part, appraised generally the prospects of the Court.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document