Monetary Union in West Africa (Ecowas): Is It Desirable and How Could It Be Achieved? (Occasional Paper (International Monetary Fund), No. 204.)
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: February 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 46
ISBN-13: 9781589060142
Subjects: Development economics; Monetary economics; Economic integration; Business/Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; West Africa; Monetary unions; Money & Monetary Policy; Africa, West; Economic Community of West Afr; Economic Community of West African States
First sentence: On April 20, 2000, in Acera, Ghana, the leaders of six West African countries declared their intention to proceed to monetary union among the non-CFA franc countries of the region by January 2003, as a first step toward a wider monetary union including all the ECOWAS countries in 2004.