Coping under recession: workers in a Nigerian factory
In: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis
In: Studia sociologica Upsaliensia 34
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In: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis
In: Studia sociologica Upsaliensia 34
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In: Sage open, Band 14, Heft 2
ISSN: 2158-2440
This study investigates the possibility of forming a monetary union across West Africa. This was achieved by employing the structural VAR framework. Data on real GDP, inflation, and exchange rate were used to represent supply, monetary, and demand shocks from the period 1986 to 2020. The impulse response and variance decomposition results showed that shocks affecting the West African region are idiosyncratic, while the residuals of the structural VAR were used to compute the correlation coefficient. The correlation coefficient revealed that the demand and monetary shocks were symmetric across WAEMU countries and asymmetric for the rest of the region. The study suggests that the West African region is not ripe for a monetary union. However, the study opined that the WAEMU countries are the closest to forming a West African monetary union and a piecemeal approach may be adopted such that the WAEMU countries are the first to form the union, while the rest may join when they meet the convergence criteria. In essence, West African countries' central banks need to focus on harmonizing their monetary policies and remove all barriers to factor mobility for the synchronization of shocks and for all countries to meet the convergence criteria.
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In: Revista Brasileira de Estudos Africanos: RBEA, Band 7, Heft 14
ISSN: 2448-3923
This article analyses the intersection of response to Covid-19 and human rights in Nigeria and Kenya, as both countries illustrate two Covid-19 endemic and rapidly responding states to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, in Nigeria and Kenya, response to Covid-19 has to be understood in relation to their respective legal and policy frameworks and policy enforcement mechanisms. The paper notes that cases of police brutality, extortion and assault on civilians during Covid-19 pandemic raise the issue of insecurity and the whole question of human rights. The paper demonstrates that governments' emergency measures have serious implications for fundamental rights in Nigeria and Kenya, particularly those of perceived violators of the measures, the poor and vulnerable people, and women and girls.
In: African sociological review: bi-annual publication of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) = Revue africaine de sociologie, Band 26, Heft 1, S. 1-3
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In: Elsevier Analytical Services Report No. Forthcoming
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In: African identities, Band 21, Heft 4, S. 911-914
ISSN: 1472-5851
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