Regional Integration Beyond the Traditional Trade Benefits: Labor Mobility Contribution: The Case of Burkina Faso And Cote D'ivoire (Development Economics and Policy) [Paperback]

Adama Konseiga (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 18, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0820476528 | ISBN-13: 978-0820476520

The West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) seeks at changing the weak intra-regional trade and the strong disparities between countries. How to achieve such an objective, given the heterogeneous profiles of the member countries such as Cote d'Ivoire (Regional pole) and Burkina Faso (one of the poorest)? This is an important issue at stake. Intra-African migration flows is one of the best arguments for regional integration in the face of negligible goods and investment flows. The presence of migrants makes Burkina Faso a share-holder in Cote d'Ivoire's economic success. Based on the economic theories of migration, the publication presents a very comprehensive and detailed empirical analysis of changes in factors mobility inside WAEMU, with particular emphasis on the two representative countries. Migrations concern rural populations and to deal with the microeconomic issues, the study used survey data collected in the Burkinabe Sahel. Secondary data on skills migration and brain drain are constructed to study the macroeconomic convergence.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 206 pages
• Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc (January 18, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0820476528
• ISBN-13: 978-0820476520
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,376,909 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #44 in Books > History > Africa > Côte d'Ivoire

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