Mali’s participation in the West Africa’s integration processes
- Authors: Andronova I.V.1, Dembele M.1
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Affiliations:
- Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
- Issue: Vol 29, No 3 (2021): New trends, strategies and structural changes in emerging markets
- Pages: 567-574
- Section: Economic integration and globalization
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2313-2329/article/view/324212
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-2329-2021-29-3-567-574
- ID: 324212
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Abstract
The first ever integration bloc in Africa was formed back in the colonial era in 1910, when a number of British colonies were integrated. Modern integration processes in the African countries in the south of the Sahara began much later, from the early 1960s, when most of the former colonies gained independence, and it was during this period that the construction of a number of economic blocks began. The article reveals integration processes in West Africa and sub-Saharan African countries features. Integration as such is viewed as a complex procedure, with the success way which depends on many factors. On the experience of the Republic of Mali, the authors demonstrated how an irrational socio-economic policy can lead to deformation of integration processes, which inevitably threatens with deep financial and socio-political crises.
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About the authors
Inna V. Andronova
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
Author for correspondence.
Email: aiv1207@mail.ru
PhD in Economics, Professor, Head of the Department of International Economic Relations, Faculty of Economics
6 Miklukho-Maklaya St, Moscow, 117198, Russian FederationMama Dembele
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
Email: mams0757@yahoo.fr
PhD student of the Department of International Economic Relations, Faculty of Economics
6 Miklukho-Maklaya St, Moscow, 117198, Russian FederationReferences
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