Mamadou Saidou Ndao

Intra-Regional Trade Potential: An Analysis of the Ecowas Zone

Mamadou Saidou Ndao · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2023

The main objective of this paper is to evaluate and analyse the potential of intra-regional trade in the ECOWAS zone. Given the unavailability of data for some countries, only data from 10 countries could be collected over the period 2001-2019. The methodology we used is based es...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jesbs/2023/v36i111283

Factors Explaining the Weakness of Intra-Regional Trade Flows in the ECOWAS Region

Mamadou Saidou Ndao · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2023

With a GDP of over 628 billion dollars and a population of over 350 million, ECOWAS (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo) was set to be one of Africa's most powerful economic blocs. However, at ECOWAS level, intracommunity tra...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jemt/2023/v29i111166