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Dynamic of ECOWAS Integration: Challenges and Prospects

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  • Abdou Baoua, Mahamane Moutari
  • Malam Chaibou GARBA, Aboubacar
  • Maman ATTAWEL, Bachir
  • Sidi Ousmane GANDOU, Abdoul-Kader

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In recent times, while some regional communities experience breakings (BREXIT, Maghrebian Union). ECOWAS is becoming more and more attractive due to its dynamic integration. This integration had as initial objective the economic cooperation via the treaty of Lagos signed in 1975; revised in Cotonou in 1993, in order to support the political issues within its members. Thus, the aim of this study is to analysis the economic and political dynamics of the integration of ECOWAS throughout its challenges and prospects. During this study, we used data presentation and data analysis in order to investigate the current situation of integrations and forecasting about ECOWAS. Our study demonstrates several challenges faced by ECOWAS such us, discipline within the community, credibility of ECOWAS inside the population, the interference of inter-governmental organizations and integrating ECOWAS into the global continental integration. ECOWAS accomplished also a lot in integration such as Single currency and free circulation of goods and persons, Democracy, Security etc. The wish of Morocco to join ECOWAS’s 15 members helps us to emphasize that ECOWAS is definitely becoming the main economic and political locomotive of African Union. This study suggest that ECOWAS must increase the number of institution in order to strengthen its credibility; and also it must focus on the trade integration, regional infrastructure and productive integration of West Africa.

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  • Abdou Baoua, Mahamane Moutari & Malam Chaibou GARBA, Aboubacar & Maman ATTAWEL, Bachir & Sidi Ousmane GANDOU, Abdoul-Kader, 2017. "Dynamic of ECOWAS Integration: Challenges and Prospects," MPRA Paper 125914, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:125914
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    JEL classification:

    • F02 - International Economics - - General - - - International Economic Order and Integration
    • F53 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Agreements and Observance; International Organizations
    • F55 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Institutional Arrangements
    • O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa

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