. While fiscal deficits have been the main driver of public debt across WAEMU member countries, the size of residual factors … more effectively set the region's public debt on a sustainable path. In addition, beyond adhering to the WAEMU fiscal … practices would also help eliminate the recourse to pre-financing arrangements and tighten control over expenditure. Public …

innovation capacity. On the expenditure side, economic activity is expected to be spurred in the near term by public spending on … and set public debt firmly on a declining path into the medium term …