The CFA franc zone
Subtitle: common currency, uncommon challenges
By: editors, Anne-Marie Gulde, Charalambos Tsangarides.
Contributors: Gulde, Anne-Marie.; Tsangarides, Charalambos G.; International Monetary Fund.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
ISBN-13: 9781589066755
Subjects: French franc area; Monetary unions -- Africa, French-speaking; Africa, French-speaking -- Economic policy
Description: About one-third of countries covered by the IMF's African Department are members of the CFA franc zone. With most other countries moving away from fixed exchange rates, the issue of an adequate policy framework to ensure the sustainability of the CFA franc zone is clearly of interest to policymakers and academics. However, little academic research exists in the public domain. This book aims to fill this void, by bringing together work undertaken in the context of intensified regional surveillance, and highlighting the current challenges and the main policy requirements if the arrangements are to be carried forward. The book is based on empirical research by a broad group of IMF economists, with contributions from several outside experts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Anne-Marie Gulde -- pt. 1. Sustainability of macroeconomic policies; title: Anne-Marie Gulde -- pt. 1. Sustainability of macroeconomic policies -- Corinne Deléchat, Gustavo Ramirez, and Romain Veyrune; title: Anne-Marie Gulde -- pt. 1. Sustainability of macroeconomic policies -- Corinne Deléchat, Gustavo Ramirez, and Romain Veyrune -- Abdoulaye Diop, Gilles Dufrénot, and Gilles Sanon; title: Anne-Marie Gulde -- pt. 1. Sustainability of macroeconomic policies -- Corinne Deléchat, Gustavo Ramirez, and Romain Veyrune -- Abdoulaye Diop, Gilles Dufrénot, and Gilles Sanon -- Oumuyiwa S. Adedeji and Oral Williams; title: Anne-Marie Gulde -- pt. 1. Sustainability of macroeconomic policies -- Corinne Deléchat, Gustavo Ramirez, and Romain Veyrune -- Abdoulaye Diop, Gilles Dufrénot, and Gilles Sanon -- Oumuyiwa S. Adedeji and Oral Williams -- Corinne Deléchat and Jan Kees Martijn -- pt. 2. Capacity to adjust to changes in external conditions; title: Anne-Marie Gulde -- pt. 1. Sustainability of macroeconomic policies -- Corinne Deléchat, Gustavo Ramirez, and Romain Veyrune -- Abdoulaye Diop, Gilles Dufrénot, and Gilles Sanon -- Oumuyiwa S. Adedeji and Oral Williams -- Corinne Deléchat and Jan Kees Martijn -- pt. 2. Capacity to adjust to changes in external conditions -- Yasser Abdih and Charalambos Tsangarides; title: Anne-Marie Gulde -- pt. 1. Sustainability of macroeconomic policies -- Corinne Deléchat, Gustavo Ramirez, and Romain Veyrune -- Abdoulaye Diop, Gilles Dufrénot, and Gilles Sanon -- Oumuyiwa S. Adedeji and Oral Williams -- Corinne Deléchat and Jan Kees Martijn -- pt. 2. Capacity to adjust to changes in external conditions -- Yasser Abdih and Charalambos Tsangarides -- Gustavo Ramirez and Charalambos Tsangarides; title: Anne-Marie Gulde -- pt. 1. Sustainability of macroeconomic policies -- Corinne Deléchat, Gustavo Ramirez, and Romain Veyrune -- Abdoulaye Diop, Gilles Dufrénot, and Gilles Sanon -- Oumuyiwa S. Adedeji and Oral Williams -- Corinne Deléchat and Jan Kees Martijn -- pt. 2. Capacity to adjust to changes in external conditions -- Yasser Abdih and Charalambos Tsangarides -- Gustavo Ramirez and Charalambos Tsangarides -- Mahvash Saeed Qureshi and Charalambos Tsangarides -- pt. 3. Integration and growth; title: Anne-Marie Gulde -- pt. 1. Sustainability of macroeconomic policies -- Corinne Deléchat, Gustavo Ramirez, and Romain Veyrune -- Abdoulaye Diop, Gilles Dufrénot, and Gilles Sanon -- Oumuyiwa S. Adedeji and Oral Williams -- Corinne Deléchat and Jan Kees Martijn -- pt. 2. Capacity to adjust to changes in external conditions -- Yasser Abdih and Charalambos Tsangarides -- Gustavo Ramirez and Charalambos Tsangarides -- Mahvash Saeed Qureshi and Charalambos Tsangarides -- pt. 3. Integration and growth -- Amadou Sy; title: Anne-Marie Gulde -- pt. 1. Sustainability of macroeconomic policies -- Corinne Deléchat, Gustavo Ramirez, and Romain Veyrune -- Abdoulaye Diop, Gilles Dufrénot, and Gilles Sanon -- Oumuyiwa S. Adedeji and Oral Williams -- Corinne Deléchat and Jan Kees Martijn -- pt. 2. Capacity to adjust to changes in external conditions -- Yasser Abdih and Charalambos Tsangarides -- Gustavo Ramirez and Charalambos Tsangarides -- Mahvash Saeed Qureshi and Charalambos Tsangarides -- pt. 3. Integration and growth -- Amadou Sy -- Samer Saab and Jérôme Vacher; title: Anne-Marie Gulde -- pt. 1. Sustainability of macroeconomic policies -- Corinne Deléchat, Gustavo Ramirez, and Romain Veyrune -- Abdoulaye Diop, Gilles Dufrénot, and Gilles Sanon -- Oumuyiwa S. Adedeji and Oral Williams -- Corinne Deléchat and Jan Kees Martijn -- pt. 2. Capacity to adjust to changes in external conditions -- Yasser Abdih and Charalambos Tsangarides -- Gustavo Ramirez and Charalambos Tsangarides -- Mahvash Saeed Qureshi and Charalambos Tsangarides -- pt. 3. Integration and growth -- Amadou Sy -- Samer Saab and Jérôme Vacher -- Catherine Pattillo, Charalambos Tsangarides, and Pierre van den Boogaerde; title: Anne-Marie Gulde -- pt. 1. Sustainability of macroeconomic policies -- Corinne Deléchat, Gustavo Ramirez, and Romain Veyrune -- Abdoulaye Diop, Gilles Dufrénot, and Gilles Sanon -- Oumuyiwa S. Adedeji and Oral Williams -- Corinne Deléchat and Jan Kees Martijn -- pt. 2. Capacity to adjust to changes in external conditions -- Yasser Abdih and Charalambos Tsangarides -- Gustavo Ramirez and Charalambos Tsangarides -- Mahvash Saeed Qureshi and Charalambos Tsangarides -- pt. 3. Integration and growth -- Amadou Sy -- Samer Saab and Jérôme Vacher -- Catherine Pattillo, Charalambos Tsangarides, and Pierre van den Boogaerde -- Jan Kees Martijn and Charalambos Tsangarides; title: Anne-Marie Gulde-- pt. 1. Sustainability of macroeconomic policies-- Corinne Deléchat, Gustavo Ramirez, and Romain Veyrune-- Abdoulaye Diop, Gilles Dufrénot, and Gilles Sanon-- Oumuyiwa S. Adedeji and Oral Williams-- Corinne Deléchat and Jan Kees Martijn-- pt. 2. Capacity to adjust to changes in external conditions-- Yasser Abdih and Charalambos Tsangarides-- Gustavo Ramirez and Charalambos Tsangarides-- Mahvash Saeed Qureshi and Charalambos Tsangarides-- pt. 3. Integration and growth-- Amadou Sy-- Samer Saab and Jérôme Vacher-- Catherine Pattillo, Charalambos Tsangarides, and Pierre van den Boogaerde-- Jan Kees Martijn and Charalambos Tsangarides-- Manuela Goretti and Hans Weisfeld.