This paper examines the time series behaviour of three variables (GDP, price level of consumption and population) in the eight countries that belong to the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), which are Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and...

From a theoretical point of view, uncertainty affects investment decisions. The sign of overall effect of uncertainty on investment is ambiguous and could be found only by empirical analysis. In this study the volatility of prices and exchange rate are considered as source of uncertainty. Of...

Massive unemployment, increasing dissension and despotic and corrupt authorities have created an ideal environment for the emergence of civil and democratic movements whose main objectives are to create and foster democracy. African spring is seeking to facilitate an equitable distribution of...

Information about the current state of water institutional frameworks, water infrastructure and water management policies in Libya enable the identification and evaluation of a range of options for improving water use efficiency in agriculture and the potential role of water pricing in achieving...

Africa is a large and diverse continent and mergers and acquisitions are prompted by many different factors, and executed in many different ways. The nature of the merger or acquisition largely depends on the socioeconomic factors of the country concerned and are directly related to the level of...

Nearly half the currency notes in circulation in Nigeria today has lost its wholeness to one form of mutilation or another due to superstitious beliefs. Statistics have shown that 98.0% of the disfigurement of the naira is (deliberately) caused by superstitious belief, while only 0.2% is due to...