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dc.contributor.advisorJackson, Karen
dc.contributor.advisorPotts, David J.
dc.contributor.authorBah, Essa*
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-26T12:48:45Z
dc.date.available2019-02-26T12:48:45Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10454/16848
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the determinants of institutional quality and the process of convergence in the ECOWAS in order to inform policy about the region’s deep integration scheme. The first part of the thesis examines the historical changes that took place in the development of common institutions in West Africa in the pre-independence era. The findings demonstrated that the region exhibited some common institutions, including common currencies, standardised trade rules and protection of trade routes which facilitated regional and international trade. A single administration system helped in the effective implementation of the common institutions. Therefore, historical changes after independence led to the loss of some facets of these common institutions in West Africa. The second part examined determinants of institutional quality and the process of convergence using econometric analysis. The findings demonstrated that the process of convergence could be accelerated if WAMZ and WAEMU work together as one monetary zone under ECOWAS. Moreover, the findings also demonstrated that the level of development, state capacity, FDI, regional trade, history and regional trade partners institutional quality contain useful information in explaining the quality of institutions today. Therefore, ECOWAS’s deep integration goal would require improving some of these factors in order to facilitate the process of developing common institutions and improve their quality. In the long term, a single administration system akin to the colonial era and the Empires of Western Sudan would be desirable. This will require political commitment to do so. ECOWAS members should have the confidence that deep integration is feasible given that it existed in the region in the past.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />The University of Bradford theses are licenced under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a>.eng
dc.subjectTrade institutionsen_US
dc.subjectConvergenceen_US
dc.subjectHistoryen_US
dc.subjectPolicyen_US
dc.subjectRegionalismen_US
dc.subjectModellingen_US
dc.subjectEconomic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)en_US
dc.subjectTheoryen_US
dc.subjectIntegrationen_US
dc.titleAn examination into the quality of regional trade institutions: The economic community of West African states (ECOWAS); a historical, theoretical and modelling perspectiveen_US
dc.type.qualificationleveldoctoralen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Bradfordeng
dc.publisher.departmentDivision of Economics, Faculty of Social Scienceen_US
dc.typeThesiseng
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_US
dc.date.awarded2017
refterms.dateFOA2019-02-26T12:48:45Z


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