FERDI Regional Integration Index: State Engagement in UEMOA

FERDI's composite index measures member states' commitment to regional integration by tracking the transposition and application of community legal texts. A 2016 application focused on trade integration within the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA). This policy-focused diagnostic aims to isolate the influence of government decisions from other factors affecting integration outcomes.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking national compliance with UEMOA community regulations based on transposition indicators.
• Analyzing the correlation between state engagement levels and regional trade integration outcomes.
• Tracking the evolution of policy implementation across member states over time.
• Informing diagnostic reports on the effectiveness of regional decision-making processes.

Strengths

• Dataset is hosted on multiple platforms (figshare, dataverse), indicating established use and importance.
• Provides a novel, policy-centric diagnostic tool focused on government engagement rather than macroeconomic outcomes.
• Has a defined application year (2016) and an update noted (November 2019).

Limitations

• Column names and a precise row count are not provided, limiting understanding of the data structure.
• Source platforms conflict on the primary author (Cariolle, Joël vs. Issakha THIAM).
• Metadata completeness is medium; key details like exact temporal coverage and full indicator list are absent.

Provenance

Source

FERDI (Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international) Research Data.

Collection Method

Composite index constructed from indicators measuring the transposition and application of community texts by member states.

Time Range

Application from at least 2016; update noted for November 2019.

Freshness

Last platform update was 2026-06-05, but the dataset content was last updated in November 2019.

Geography

West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) member states.