WAEMU at a Crossroads? A Contribution to the Debate on the Perspective of its Monetary and Exchange Rate System
April 25, 2025
This collaboration covers five specific areas of action:
Tax potential and gaps in WAEMU countries: Development of a methodology for assessing the tax potential and tax gaps of the main taxes within WAEMU, enabling the Commission to draft an annual report on tax gaps.
Vulnerabilities of WAEMU countries: Development of vulnerability profiles to enable the Commission to take ownership of this methodology.
Digital economy dynamics: Analysis of the effects of digitalization on agricultural markets within WAEMU (report and research article), and an upcoming study on the effects of digitalization on access to the labor market.
Agricultural modernization policies: Study on financing agricultural entrepreneurship, climate risk insurance in the agricultural sector, and food security and self-sufficiency. A forthcoming deliverable will focus on the development of agricultural value chains in the WAEMU region.
Youth employment: Analysis of the determinants of youth employment in agriculture (access to land, financial services, markets, agricultural extension, and skills), in rural non-agricultural employment, and in unpaid care work. Ongoing work also explores impact investing and youth employability in WAEMU.
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