This paper examines employment choice and occupational
mobility using data from Ghana in a model that
incorporates capital market failure, credit constrained individuals and draw
self-employment capital from family asset.
The paper examines the
implications of trade effects in bilateral trade drawing evidence from West
African Monetary and Economic Union (UEMOA). It also discusses the importance
of political stability to trade in ECOWAS countries.
The paper presents an elaborate
econometric analysis of a number of key macroeconomic indicators to oil revenue
and examines the results of oil revenue fluctuations.
The paper examines the impact
of foreign aid on private investment in West Africa and whether multilateral and
bilateral aid affects private investment differently.