Eco 2020: Monetary Policy for the Future Central Bank and Economic Development in West Africa

N’djibio Kokou Charlemagne; Sylla Doucouré Karima

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Eco 2020: Monetary Policy for the Future Central Bank and Economic Development in West Africa

N’djibio Kokou Charlemagne, Sylla Doucouré Karima

Published in International Journal of Business and Economics Research (Volume 10, Issue 1)

Received: 8 April 2020 Accepted: 28 April 2020 Published: 26 February 2021

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In a context where international political and diplomatic weight also weighs in the game of international monetary cooperation, regional monetary policy can offer to West African countries an opportunity to strengthen their individual and collective position in terms of development, within international cooperation. This vision, based not on the contribution to the resolution of internal monetary problems, but envisaged as an instrument to stem monetary shocks coming from the outside, has not been sufficiently recognized and analyzed, both in the theoretical literature and in considerations of policy makers. Better consideration of this dimension could help steer the debate on monetary integration in the right direction: that of rapid progress towards the single currency. The general objective of this paper is to propose to the political powers, a common monetary policy, able to inject the new dynamism into the economic development of ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) countries. This general objective is divided into two specific objectives: analyze the theoretical, economic and political challenges of ECOWAS monetary policy; and to propose a monetary policy adapted to the economic contexts of the ECOWAS countries, and able to inject the new dynamism into the economic development. To achieve these objectives, we carried out a documentary review of the monetary policies currently underway in the countries of West Africa. Next, we relied on the Autoregressive Vector Model with Panel Interactions (IPVAR), following the methodology proposed by Towbin, Pascal & Weber, Sebastian. An effective monetary policy of the future ECOWAS central bank can boost the development of West African countries.

Published in	International Journal of Business and Economics Research (Volume 10, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijber.20211001.17
Page(s)	50-57
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Monetary Policy, Economic Development, Central Bank, ECOWAS

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N’djibio Kokou Charlemagne

Finance, Entrepreneurship and Accounting Laboratory (LaFEC) of Doctoral School of Economic Sciences and Management, Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management (FASEG), University of Abomey Calavi (UAC), Cotonou, Benin
Sylla Doucouré Karima

Finance, Entrepreneurship and Accounting Laboratory (LaFEC) of Doctoral School of Economic Sciences and Management, Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management (FASEG), University of Abomey Calavi (UAC), Cotonou, Benin

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