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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Economics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Economics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Экономика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2329</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2408-8986</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">27612</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2329-2021-29-3-567-574</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Economic integration and globalization</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Экономическая интеграция и глобализация</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Mali’s participation in the West Africa’s integration processes</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Участие Мали в интеграционных процессах Западной Африки</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Andronova</surname><given-names>Inna V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Андронова</surname><given-names>Инна Витальевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in Economics, Professor, Head of the Department of International Economic Relations, Faculty of Economics</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор экономических наук, профессор, заведующая кафедрой международных экономических отношений, экономический факультет</p></bio><email>aiv1207@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Dembele</surname><given-names>Mama</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Дембеле</surname><given-names>Мама</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD student of the Department of International Economic Relations, Faculty of Economics</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>аспирант кафедры международных экономических отношений, экономический факультет</p></bio><email>mams0757@yahoo.fr</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2021-10-05" publication-format="electronic"><day>05</day><month>10</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>29</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">New trends, strategies and structural changes in emerging markets</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Новые тренды, стратегии и структурные изменения в экономике стран с развивающимися рынками</issue-title><fpage>567</fpage><lpage>574</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2021-10-05"><day>05</day><month>10</month><year>2021</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2021, Andronova I.V., Dembele M.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2021, Андронова И.В., Дембеле М.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2021</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Andronova I.V., Dembele M.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Андронова И.В., Дембеле М.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/27612">https://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/27612</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">The first ever integration bloc in Africa was formed back in the colonial era in 1910, when a number of British colonies were integrated. Modern integration processes in the African countries in the south of the Sahara began much later, from the early 1960s, when most of the former colonies gained independence, and it was during this period that the construction of a number of economic blocks began. The article reveals integration processes in West Africa and sub-Saharan African countries features. Integration as such is viewed as a complex procedure, with the success way which depends on many factors. On the experience of the Republic of Mali, the authors demonstrated how an irrational socio-economic policy can lead to deformation of integration processes, which inevitably threatens with deep financial and socio-political crises.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Первый в истории интеграционный блок в Африке был сформирован еще в колониальную эпоху в 1910 году после объединения ряда британских колоний. Современные интеграционные процессы в африканских странах на юге Сахары начались гораздо позже, с начала 1960-х годов, когда большинство бывших колоний обрели независимость, и именно в этот период началось строительство новых экономических блоков. Исследование раскрывает особенности интеграционных процессов в Западной Африке и странах Африки к югу от Сахары. Интеграция рассматривается как сложная процедура, успех которой зависит от многих факторов. На опыте Республики Мали продемонстрировано, как нерациональная социально-экономическая политика может привести к деформации интеграционных процессов, что неизбежно грозит глубокими финансовыми и социально-политическими кризисами.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>integration</kwd><kwd>integration process</kwd><kwd>ECOWAS</kwd><kwd>Sahel</kwd><kwd>African Union</kwd><kwd>Mali</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>интеграция</kwd><kwd>интеграционные процесс</kwd><kwd>ЭКОВАС</kwd><kwd>Сахель</kwd><kwd>Африканский союз</kwd><kwd>Мали</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Ametoglo, M.E.S., Guo, P., &amp; Wonyra, K.O. (2018). Regional integration and income inequality in ECOWAS zone. Journal of Economic Integration, 33(3), 604-628</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Biryukov, D.Y., &amp; Dyuzheva, N.V. (2021). 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