| Regional Integration Beyond the Traditional Trade Benefits--Labor Mobility Contribution: The Case of Burkina Faso and Cote D'Ivoire Contributor(s): Konseiga, Adama (Author), Heidhues, Franz (Editor), Braun, Joachim (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0820476528 ISBN-13: 9780820476520 Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing OUR PRICE: $45.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - General - Business & Economics | Labor |
| Dewey: 331.127 |
| LCCN: 2005040913 |
| Series: Development Economics and Policy |
| Physical Information: 206 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
