Search Results - subject:"WAEMU countries"

Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) : Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director

International Monetary Fund / African Dept - 2025

The CEMAC's economy lost momentum in 2023. The external position weakened, with the current account shifting to a deficit and foreign reserve accumulation slowing. While inflation continued to ease, it remained elevated. Available data indicate a deterioration in the underlying fiscal positions...

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West African Economic and Monetary Union : Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund / African Dept - 2025

, remains a high bar for most WAEMU countries, reflecting a generally narrow tax base, weak enforcement capacity, and high …

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West African Economic and Monetary Union : Staff Report on Common Policies for Member Countries-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for the West African Economic and Monetary Union

International Monetary Fund / African Dept - 2025

This paper presents IMF staff report on common policies for member countries of West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). Economic growth continues to be strong in the WAEMU. Inflation has fallen back to its target range, and recent improvements in regional external imbalances are...

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Model-Driven Macrofinancial Policy Analysis in the WAEMU : WAEMU

Ayvazyan, Knarik - 2025

This quantitative model for Macrofinancial Policy Analysis for the WAEMU was developed to deepen the Fund's engagement in macrofinancial surveillance in the region. By analyzing unobserved credit cycle dynamics and risks, and emphasizing macrofinancial linkages, the model helps assess the...

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Unleashing the Benefits of Intra-African Trade Integration for the WAEMU : WAEMU

Hakobyan, Shushanik - 2025

WAEMU members' trade openness, integration into global value chains (GVCs), and export diversification remain limited. Tariffs, non-tariff measures (NTMs, obstacles to trade that arise mainly from differences in national regulations), and a challenging trade environment (e.g., cumbersome Customs...

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Domestic Revenue Mobilization in WAEMU : WAEMU

Dordevic, Ljubica - 2025

Domestic Revenue Mobilization (DRM) is essential for financing economic and social development and ensuring debt sustainability in WAEMU, particularly in light of rising interest, high security spending, and the prospective reduction in foreign aid. While DRM has generally improved over the past...

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Évaluation du taux d'intérêt naturel dans la CEMAC

Mounkala, Evrard Ulrich - 2025

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The long-run effects of fiscal consolidation on economic activity in the CEMAC zone

Nokam, Vivien Narcisse Wabo; Soh, Syrie Galex - In: Review of Economic Analysis : REA 17 (2025) 1, pp. 69-93

This study aims to analyze the long-run effects of fiscal consolidation on economic activity in the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC), a grouping of six countries (Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic, and Chad) forming a monetary union....

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An analysis of the moderating role of Internet penetration in the banking competition-banks' profitability nexus : case of the CEMAC banking sector

Wirajing, Muhamadu Awal Kindzeka; Moutie, Valery Giscard; … - In: Digital finance : smart data analytics, investment … 7 (2025) 2, pp. 173-200

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Exchange rates and trade balance in West African economy and monetary union countries: does the content of the traded goods matter?

Guidime, Camille Detondji; Diaw, Adama; Biao, Barthélémy - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 12 (2024) 1, pp. 1-14

low level of intra-industry trade comfort positive real exchange rate effect on trade balance. However, WAEMU countries … export raw materials used by their foreign trading partners to manufacture products, which WAEMU countries import in turn … preference for increasingly sophisticated goods that WAEMU countries do not produce. In terms of economic policy implications, a …

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