TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gulde,Anne-Marie
AU  - Tsangarides,Charalambos G.
ED  - International Monetary Fund.
TI  - The CFA franc zone: common currency, uncommon challenges 
SN  - 1589066758
U1  - 332.4/966 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - International Monetary Fund
KW  - French franc area
KW  - Monetary unions
KW  - Africa, French-speaking
KW  - Economic policy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Anne-Marie Gulde --; pt. 1. Sustainability of macroeconomic policies --; Corinne Delechat, Gustavo Ramirez, and Romain Veyrune --; Abdoulaye Diop, Gilles Dufrenot, and Gilles Sanon --; Oumuyiwa S. Adedeji and Oral Williams --; Corinne Delechat 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 Jerome Vacher --; Catherine Pattillo, Charalambos Tsangarides, and Pierre van den Boogaerde --; Jan Kees Martijn and Charalambos Tsangarides --; Manuela Goretti and Hans Weisfeld
N2  - 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
ER  -