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Some Peculiarities of the Economic Growth in ECOWAS Countries

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  • Babacar NDIAYE

    (Assane Seck University of Ziguinchor, Senegal)

  • Daniela Ancuta SARPE

    (Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romania)

  • Cyril MANGA

    (Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal)

Abstract

This article seeks to determine some of the peculiarities of the economic growth in the countries from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Thus, the study is based on the country approach and uses econometric regression tests. In fact, in the context of the determination of the real GDP per capita growth rate of the countries in this region during the period 1987-2014, the results obtained show that it is still weak and unstable. Moreover, the weak convergence that has only been observed beginning with 2008 feeds the hope that ECOWAS can truly improve its level of development despite the heterogeneous nature of the countries. In order to overcome these difficulties, improving the socio-economic performance through the growth rate of real GDP per capita represents, among others, a necessity in relation to economic policy decisions.

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  • Babacar NDIAYE & Daniela Ancuta SARPE & Cyril MANGA, 2017. "Some Peculiarities of the Economic Growth in ECOWAS Countries," Economics and Applied Informatics, "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, issue 3, pages 5-13.
    • Handle: RePEc:ddj:fseeai:y:2017:i:3:p:5-13
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    1. François Joseph Cabral, 2009. "La stratégie de croissance accélérée du Sénégal est t-elle pro-pauvre," Cahiers de recherche 09-05, Departement d'économique de l'École de gestion à l'Université de Sherbrooke, revised 01 Jun 2009.
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