Economic Development Crises in Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS): Challenges and Controversy

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekenoma E. Imohe ◽  
Awa Coulibaly
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Economic Community

Transformation of the intellectual capital structure and a growth in the significance of its components – human capital and intellectual property – in today's economy

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 745-758
Author(s):  
S.N. Larin ◽  
E.Yu. Khrustalev ◽  
N.V. Noakk
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Intellectual Activity ◽  
Accelerated Growth ◽  
Definition Of

Subject. Currently, as the global economy evolves, its innovative components should demonstrate a tendency of accelerated growth as intellectual capital, information technologies, increasing knowledge and digitization of mushrooming production processes. Nowadays, intellectual capital is one of the economic development drivers. However, the economic community is found to have no generally accepted wording of the concept, thus laying the basis for this article. Objectives. The study sums up the analysis of approaches used by the Russian and foreign economists to determining the economic substance of intellectual capital. We also identify the importance of human capital as its components and specify the definition of the concept. Methods. The article overviews and analyzes proceedings by the most renowned authors, which substantiate how the economic substance of intellectual capital should be unveiled, and suggest its definitions. Results. We specified the definition of intellectual capital concerning the current economic development. We suggest integrating a new component into intellectual capital, such as intellectual property, which includes products of intellectual activity and intangible assets. They can be owned by the entity or other legal entities and individuals, including some employees of the entity. Conclusions and Relevance. The specified definition of intellectual capital will help address issues of sustainable economic development and ensure the competitiveness of the Russian entities nationwide and worldwide, since it directly contributes to intellectual capital and its components.

Education and access to fish but not economic development predict chimpanzee and mammal occurrence in West Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 182 ◽  
pp. 27-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Junker ◽  
Christophe Boesch ◽  
Roger Mundry ◽  
Colleen Stephens ◽  
Menladi Lormie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
West Africa

EBOLA OUTBREAKS AND INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS: CASE STUDIES OF CENTRAL AND WEST AFRICA REGIONS

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (02) ◽  
pp. 431-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
NOURRIDINE SIEWE ◽  
SUZANNE LENHART ◽  
ABDUL-AZIZ YAKUBU
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Disease Outbreaks ◽  
International Travel ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Infectious Disease Outbreaks ◽  
International Borders ◽  
Travel Restrictions ◽  
National Borders

Ebola outbreaks in Africa have occurred mostly in the Central and West Africa regions that are politically identified as the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and Economic Community of Western African States (ECOWAS), respectively. In the ECOWAS region, people and goods are allowed to travel freely across national borders of all the 15 member countries, but in the ECCAS region such regional travel across the national borders of its 10 member countries is limited. In this paper, we use parameterized mathematical models of Ebola to investigate the effects of free international travel, and the timing of border closings, on the high number of Ebola infection cases and deaths of the recent 2014–2016 Ebola outbreaks in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone (ECOWAS); as compared to previous and current outbreaks in Democratic Republic of Congo (ECCAS, 1976–2018). Simulations of our single-patch Ebola model without movement of humans across international borders are shown to capture the recorded numbers of Ebola infections and deaths in the ECCAS region, and simulations of our 3-patch model with interpatch movements capture that of the ECOWAS region. We obtain that international travel restrictions and timing of border closings can play important roles in mitigating against the spread of future fatal infectious disease outbreaks.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurship indicators, policies and their influence on the business environment in West Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akinseye U. Olowu ◽  
Edwin Ijeoma ◽  
Annabel Vanroose
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Comparative Evaluation ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Institutional Framework ◽  
National Integration ◽  
Business Environments ◽  
Colonial Policy ◽  
Indirect Rule

Background: This article examined the performance of entrepreneurship indicators and their influence on the business environments through economic rankings in selected Anglophone and Francophone countries in West Africa.Aim: An institutional framework for entrepreneurship indicators was adopted as a measure for entrepreneurship in the region focusing on its determinants, impacts and outcomes.Setting: The colonial policy of indirect rule in the Anglophone West Africa focused on economic development and national integration, while the colonial policy of assimilation in the francophone focused on trade and centralisation.Method: This study focused on a comparative evaluation and synthesis.Results: The study found that the Anglophone countries were more entrepreneurship enhancing than the Francophone divide, but the economies in the region were all factor driven.Conclusion: The study recommends private sector partnership in the drive to promote entrepreneurship so that the entrepreneurship drive in the countries aim towards innovative and efficient competitiveness.

The Politics of West African Economic Co-operation: C.E.A.O. and E.C.O.W.A.S.

1983 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 605-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel C. Bach
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
West African ◽  
African Unity ◽  
Economic Community

Since the establishment of the Economic Community of West African States in 1975, its acronym has become well known, even though ‘E.C.O.W.A.S.’ still means little more than a synonym for ‘West Africa’ and a symbolic tribute to the ideals of African unity. The Community has certainly witnessed a growth of its bureaucracy and institutions, but the limited co-operation actually achieved has been based on strengthening links which were developed in the region since the early 1960s rather than on the transfer of state prerogatives to Community organs on specific issues.

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