ECOWAS: Performance, Promise and Problems,

Abstract

Africa Business and Economic Review is pleased to have been asked to present a paper at this conference. Quite by accident, ECOWAS is a subject we were all interested in prior to publishing the Review, and two staff members, Jeffrey Jackson and Justice Zormelo, have published papers on ECOWAS. One of our interns recently presented a paper on ECOWAS at a symposium at Georgetown University, and we have devoted an issue to an analysis of the emerging union. Even though the staff doesn't often agree on economic issues, we are in unanimous agreement that economic fragmentation is a significant impediment to economic growth and development in Africa. Regional economic integration is perhaps the only way to circumvent the problem of small market size and achieve increased efficiency, economies of scale, specialization of production, improved terms of trade and increased economic growth for the region as a whole.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 09, 1980
Accession Number
ADA089018

Entities

People

  • Jeffrey Jackson
  • Justice Zormelo

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Africa
  • Agreements
  • Agriculture
  • Commerce
  • Commodities
  • Economic Development
  • Economic Policy
  • Investments
  • Ivory Coast
  • Manufacturing
  • Marketing
  • Mauritania
  • Monetary Policy
  • Money
  • Motivation
  • Production
  • West Africa

Fields of Study

  • Economics

Readers

  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.