06656oam 22015494 450 991096752210332120250426110521.09786613848482978145526102414552610259781451998665145199866X9781283536035128353603X9781451926743145192674X(CKB)2470000000001379(EBL)1608564(SSID)ssj0000085779(PQKBManifestationID)11123889(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085779(PQKBWorkID)10025350(PQKB)10634819(Au-PeEL)EBL1608564(CaPaEBR)ebr10300269(CaONFJC)MIL384848(OCoLC)870245436(IMF)CFZCEE(IMF)CFZCEA(MiAaPQ)EBC1608564CFZCEA(EXLCZ)99247000000000137920020129d2008 uf 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe CFA Franc Zone : Common Currency, Uncommon Challenges /Anne Gulde, Charalambos Tsangarides1st ed.Washington, D.C. :International Monetary Fund,2008.1 online resource (410 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781589066755 1589066758 Includes bibliographical references.Overview /Anne-Marie Gulde --pt. 1. Sustainability of macroeconomic policies --Monetary policy in a currency union? : the case of CEMAC /Corinne Delechat, Gustavo Ramirez, and Romain Veyrune --Long-run determinants of inflation in WAEMU /Abdoulaye Diop, Gilles Dufrenot, and Gilles Sanon --Fiscal reaction functions in the CFA franc Zone /Oumuyiwa S. Adedeji and Oral Williams --Reserve adequacy in the CFA franc zone /Corinne Delechat and Jan Kees Martijn --pt. 2. Capacity to adjust to changes in external conditions --Economic fundamentals and the CFA franc zone real exchange rates /Yasser Abdih and Charalambos Tsangarides --Competitiveness in the CFA franc zone /Gustavo Ramirez and Charalambos Tsangarides --What is fuzzy about clustering in West Africa? /Mahvash Saeed Qureshi and Charalambos Tsangarides --pt. 3. Integration and growth --Financial sector integration in WAEMU /Amadou Sy --Banking sector integration and competition in CEMAC /Samer Saab and Jerome Vacher --Growth and convergence in the CFA franc zone /Catherine Pattillo, Charalambos Tsangarides, and Pierre van den Boogaerde --Trade in CEMAC : developments and reform opportunities /Jan Kees Martijn and Charalambos Tsangarides --Trade in WAEMU : developments and reform opportunities /Manuela Goretti and Hans Weisfeld.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.BooksFrench franc areaMonetary unionsAfrica, French-speakingBankingimfBanks and BankingimfBanks and bankingimfBanksimfCurrencyimfDepository InstitutionsimfEconomic policyimfEmpirical Studies of TradeimfExports and ImportsimfExportsimfFinanceimfFinance: GeneralimfForeign ExchangeimfForeign exchangeimfGeneral Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)imfImportsimfInflationimfInternational economicsimfInternational Trade OrganizationsimfInternational tradeimfMacroeconomicsimfMicro Finance InstitutionsimfMortgagesimfNternational cooperationimfPublic finance & taxationimfReal effective exchange ratesimfReal exchange ratesimfTariffimfTariffsimfTaxationimfTaxesimfTerms of tradeimfTrade PolicyimfTrade: GeneralimfAfrica, French-speakingEconomic policyCôte d'IvoireimfFrench franc area.Monetary unionsBankingBanks and BankingBanks and bankingBanksCurrencyDepository InstitutionsEconomic policyEmpirical Studies of TradeExports and ImportsExportsFinanceFinance: GeneralForeign ExchangeForeign exchangeGeneral Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)ImportsInflationInternational economicsInternational Trade OrganizationsInternational tradeMacroeconomicsMicro Finance InstitutionsMortgagesNternational cooperationPublic finance & taxationReal effective exchange ratesReal exchange ratesTariffTariffsTaxationTaxesTerms of tradeTrade PolicyTrade: General332.4/966Gulde Anne1816078Tsangarides Charalambos1462110International Monetary Fund.DcWaIMFBOOK9910967522103321The CFA Franc Zone4372925UNINA