Countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are heterogeneous, characterized by marked … that there is a greater tendency for the transmission of asymmetric shocks across member countries in the ECOWAS region … policy responses to facilitate the launch of the single currency and reduce the cost of joining the proposed ECOWAS monetary …

This paper identifies the determinants of synchronization of business cycles in ECOWAS because it allows decision …-makers to better target their economic policies. It is relevant given the willingness of ECOWAS heads of state to create a …, in order to highlight the role of single currency in ECOWAS, it compares West African Economic and Monetary Union and the …