Paper Contents
Abstract
This study examined how globalization has impacted on the regional integration and developmental efforts of the ECOWAS. As a theoretical framework, the study utilized the Marxist political economy approach which emphasized the unfair nature of international exchanges and argues that international politics is configured in such a way that there are two camps, the exploited and exploiter. The study employed the historical method of data collection, and the content analysis method was utilized to analyze the data gotten. The study observed that globalization has an untoward effect on development in West Africa and tends to put knife in what holds the ECOWAS together. Also, the study revealed that ECOWAS is a development strategy potent enough to enhance development in West Africa in the face of globalization. Globalization does not give equal opportunities to all national economies even when it exposes the West African economies to a high level of competition in the world economic system. The research subsequently recommended, among other things, that there ought to be sincere efforts to increase and strengthen the voice of West African governments in international bodies such as the United Nations, Bretton Wood institutions such as International Monetary Fund ( IMF), World Bank (WB), World Trade Organization (WTO) that shape the posture of globalization. Hence, the study has contributed to the understanding that regional integration is not just a dimension of globalization as it often supposed.
Copyright
Copyright © 2023 EJEBA SAMUEL OGHENERUONA. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
