Cameroon: Implications of the Reduction of Subsidies on Petroleum Products on Macroeconomic Stability
On February 1, 2023, the Cameroonian government announced an increase in fuel prices. Petrol and diesel prices rose by 15.87% and 25.2%, respectively. This...
The Expected Effects of Taxation on the Competitiveness of the Cameroon Economy in 2023
On December 5, 2022, Cameroon's National Assembly approved the Finance Law for the year 2023. The particularity of this document is that it contains...
The Effectiveness of AfCFTA Rules of Origin as a Build-up from Different Existing RECs...
With the desire to have a united Africa emanating from the Abuja Treaty (1991) and Lagos Platform of Action (1980), the heads of state...
The African Continental Free Trade Area: A boon for the “Africa We Want” by...
One of the major objectives set by the African Union (AU) in Agenda 2063, is to achieve a "prosperous Africa, based on inclusive and...
The Consequences of Imported Inflation on the Effectiveness of the Monetary Policy of the...
Introduction
The countries of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) are all small, open economies. As such, they can only have a...
Irregularity of Wages and Company Performance
Introduction
Work performance is the result of the organization of production and the coordination of the actions of the individuals involved (Williamson, 1993; Ménard, 1997...
Russia’s Disconnection From the Swift Network : What Consequences for Global Financial Stability?
On February 24, 2022, Russia decided to attack Ukraine with its military forces. In retaliation, Western countries decided to opt for a set of...
A Global Minimum Corporate Tax Is The First Step In Redressing Global Inequalities
The world is currently at crossroads, besieged by the economic and health fallout from COVID-19; the era of economic nationalism and populist trade policies appears...
The G-7 Takes a Global Stance on COVID-19 as Africa Watches
As the Group of Seven convened for its first summit since the pandemic began last year, climate action, COVID-19, and great power rivalry – or China’s rise – were on...
How will Africa Finance its Post-COVID Recovery?
Developing market economies face a financing dilemma; COVID-19 has placed a grave strain on countries’ health care and economic systems, increasing the need for...
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No Factories, No Trade: CEMAC Faces the Challenge of Structural Transformation
Highlights
No CEMAC member State accounts for more than 10% of exports to the continent.
The free movement of people, planned since 1999, has...
Burkina Faso’s New Study Abroad Decree: When Education Becomes a Political Privilege
By Enowbachem Agbortanyi
A Policy Framed as National Development
Burkina Faso's latest decree requiring every student wishing to study abroad to obtain government authorization marks more...
From the WTO MC14 to Action: Building Africa’s Productive Capacity through Trade, Digitalisation and...
Africa cannot rely on trade liberalization alone to achieve economic transformation; instead, it must pair AfCFTA integration with deliberate industrial, agricultural, and digital capacity-building...
Leveraging WTO MC14 Investment Facilitation for Development to Accelerate Structural Transformation in Cameroon
Investment inflows will generate the expected level of development impact in Cameroon if the country addresses persistent challenges like regulatory inefficiencies, institutional fragmentation, and...
Rethinking Commercial Leadership in Central Africa: Addressing the Challenges of Informality, Inequality, and Digital...
Informality, inequality, weak digital infrastructure, and limited productive financing continue to marginalize ECCAS economies, while calling for coordinated reforms to achieve inclusive and transformative...
From Market Expansion to Value Addition: Repositioning CEMAC’s Trade Strategy for Structural Transformation
Repositioning CEMAC’s trade strategy requires a decisive shift from commodity-based market participation toward value-driven production systems, where trade, industrial policy, and regional integration are...