The West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) has a long and varied history, and this book examines how the WAEMU can achieve its development and stabili

Could regional integration be a first step toward joining the global market? In a context where liberalizing trade has not produced the expected gains in develo

This book contains a collection of papers that examine the failure of regional integration and co-operation to date in west Africa and that explore some of the

This reissue, first published in 1983, is an authoritative study of economic integration among the states of West Africa, focusing upon the issues and experienc

This paper aims to provide a broad perspective on the WAEMU fiscal framework. Based on backward looking exercises and forward looking scenarios, it shows that (