This paper reviews the dollarization and currency substitution literature with special regard to its implications for Ghana. It assesses the significance of dollarization in Ghana relative to the experience of other countries and with regard to evidence of increased use of foreign currency in...

Competitiveness is a hotly-debated topic among policy-makers and businessmen throughout the world. Yet it has been the subject of surprisingly little rigorous economic analysis. The paper presents a method which draws on economic theory to measure competitiveness and its sources at the firm- and...

L'esentiel de l'etude porte sur l'analyse detaillee du niveau et des ressources de la competitivite du secteur manufacturier malien. Les resultats de l'analyse nous permettent de conclure que, de maniere generale, la manufacture malienne n'est pas competitive.