Wither the franc zone in Africa? / edited by Demba Moussa Dembele & Carlos Cardoso.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Dembélé, Demba Moussa, editor, author.

Cardoso, Carlos, editor.

Conference Name:

African Countries and the Franc Zone: Remaining in the Trap or Opting for Monetary Independence (2012 : Dakar, Senegal)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French franc area--Congresses.

French franc area.

Monetary unions--Africa, French-speaking--Congresses.

Monetary unions.

French-speaking Africa.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxi, 140 pages ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Whither the franc zone in Africa?

Place of Publication:

Trenton, New Jersey : Africa World Press, 2016.

Summary:

"This book is based on a conference held in October 2012, African Countries and the Franc Zone: Remaining in the Trap or Opting for Monetary Independence. It reviews the global context, characterized by the systemic crisis of capitalism and the questioning of its legitimacy in several regions of the world, particularly in the global South. It provides an overview the challenges of economic and monetary emancipation; the consequences of the Franc Zone and its implications for the development of African countries, including the analysis of the latter's economic and social record; and reviews the experiences of countries that gained their monetary sovereignty and the lessons for the creation of a West African currency. In addition to providing the proceedings of the conference, the book includes essays by Nicolas Agbohou, Sanou Mbaye, Demba Moussa Dembele, Mohamed Ben Omar Ndiaye, Yash Tandon and Lansana Keita"--Back cover.

Contents:

Conference proceedings

Papers. The CFA franc - a vector of monetary Nazism / Nicolas Agbohou

The CFA franc at the crossroads: reforming or dismantling?/ Sanou Mbaye

The franc zone: an instrument for development or tool of domination? / Demba Moussa Dembele

Monetary integration in West Africa: the way to the ECOWAS single currency / Mohamed Ben Omar Ndiaye

First steps to creating the Nilo currency for Africa / Yash Tandon

Comment on Yash Tandon's presentation / Lansana Keita.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781569024355

1569024359

OCLC:

945232915

Publisher Number:

99978268367