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Convergence budgétaire en Afrique : quel rôle pour les communautés économiques régionales ?

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  • Vigninou Gammadigbe
  • Ismaël Issifou
  • Daouda Sembene
  • Sampawende J.-A. Tapsoba

Abstract

The literature on Optimal Currency Areas (OCA) has identified several channels for the ex post justification of the synchronicity criterion of common monetary areas. These include trade, cross-border investments, mobility of factors, mobility of goods and services, and fiscal convergence of member countries. We focus on the later for the African continent. We analyze the role of African regional economic communities (RECs) in the convergence of fiscal policies from 1990 to 2015. Our estimates show that African RECs reduce significantly fiscal divergence between countries. We further find that common monetary areas are more effective in fostering fiscal convergence. This result is in line with the argument of self-validation of monetary arrangements in Africa, despite low levels of cycle synchronization and trade intensity. Codes JEL : E62, F15, F15, O55.

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  • Vigninou Gammadigbe & Ismaël Issifou & Daouda Sembene & Sampawende J.-A. Tapsoba, 2018. "Convergence budgétaire en Afrique : quel rôle pour les communautés économiques régionales ?," Revue d’économie du développement, De Boeck Université, vol. 26(3), pages 5-31.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:edddbu:edd_323_0005
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    1. Léleng Kebalo & Hamitande Dout & Mawuli K. Couchoro & Stéphane Zouri, 2022. "Intégration – commerciale, budgétaire, financière – régionale et inégalités de revenu dans la Communauté Economique des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (CEDEAO)," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 34(S1), pages 102-116, July.

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    Keywords

    fiscal convergence; common monetary areas; Africa;
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    JEL classification:

    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
    • O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa

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