Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/250117 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/21/093
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
Aware of the nature of deficits in the current account, fiscal account, and the financial account balances of the countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region, this inquiry assessed the relationship between these deficits and the implication of such relationship for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). To do this, the study adopted panel data analysis techniques using the Pooled Mean Group-Autoregressive Distributed Lag (PMG-ARDL) specifications to test for the Triple Deficit Hypothesis (TDH) in the region. The findings of the study revealed the presence of the TDH in SSA where bidirectional causality exists between current account balance and budget balance, and between saving gap and current account balance, with a unidirectional causality running from budget balance to saving gap. The adoption of sound fiscal, monetary, and trade interventions in the region constitutes the major policy recommendations.
Subjects: 
Triple Deficit Hypothesis
Sub-Saharan Africa
African Continental Free Trade Area
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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