scholarly journals SPILLOVER EFFECT OF OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE ON SECTORAL ECONOMIC GROWTH IN WEST AFRICAN ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION COUNTRIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Sessinou Erick Abel Dedehouanou ◽  
Abou Kane
Author(s):  
Tchétché N’Guessan

This chapter examines the extent to which the new economic growth that began in 2000 in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) has led to the structural transformation of member countries. To answer this question, four indicators of structural transformation are used: the share of final consumption in the gross national product, the share of each sector in total production, the decline of agricultural employment, and the diversification of the exports of WAEMU member countries. After discussing these indicators in greater detail, the chapter provides a background on WAEMU as well as the evolution of economic growth in member countries. It then considers the structural transformation of the WAEMU economies and presents a SWOT analysis emphasizing these economies’ principal strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities, and the threats to them. It also offers recommendations for removing obstacles to the structural transformation of the WAEMU economies.


Economies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 181
Author(s):  
Babatounde Ifred Paterne Zonon

This study used panel data covering 27 years to investigate the causality between regional stock exchange development and economic growth in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) countries. We performed a homogeneous Granger non-causality with an autoregressive distributed lag model (ARDL) and Markov-switching analysis, using six indicators for the stock and financial market and six for control. The results showed a close economic relationship between WAEMU countries and causality from the regional stock exchange, which supports the supply leading hypothesis. The causality was confirmed in the short and long run, depending on the variable. The causal relationships that support the demand-driven hypothesis were recorded from the economic growth for four market measurements.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 2776-2784
Author(s):  
Ayira KOREM

This study aims to investigate the short-run and long-run effects of government’s social expenditure proxies, namely education, and health spending on economic growth during the period 1985 - 2019 in West African Economic and Monetary Union. Using Auto Regressive Distributed Lag model (ARDL) based on panel data, the results of the study reveal that in short-run, government spending in social sectors has no significant impact on economic growth but in long-run the effects of education and health expenditures on the economic growth are significantly positive.


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