The Political Economy of a Common Currency
Subtitle: The Cfa Franc Zone Since 1945 (The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: December 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780754634690
Subjects: International relations; Macroeconomics; Political economy; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; International Relations - General; Business / Economics / Finance; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; EU (European Union); Monetary unions; Foreign Exchange; Africa, French-speaking West; Africa, French-speaking Equato; Africa, French-speaking Equatorial; French franc area
First sentence: The Franc Zone is a monetary arrangement between France and a group of its former colonies in Sub-Saharan Africa that share a common currency, the CFA franc, which was pegged to the French franc and is now pegged to the euro.