Economic and monetary Sovereignty in 21st Century Africa / Edited by Maha Ben Gadha [and five others] ; foreword by Prabhat Patnaik.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ben Gadha, Maha, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa--Economic conditions--21st century.

Africa.

Africa--Economic policy--21st century.

Monetary policy--Africa--21st century.

Monetary policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 318 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, UK : Pluto Press, [2021]

Summary:

The story of how African societies are resisting financial dependency and colonial legacies.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Foreword - Prabhat Patnaik

Introduction - by the editors

Part I: The contemporary global economic and monetary order

1. China's Finance and Africa's Economic and Monetary Sovereignty - Radhika Desai

Part II: Challenges to monetary sovereignty in the postcolonial periphery

2. Banking, Business, and Sovereignty in Sudan (1956-2019) - Harry Cross

3. Money, Finance, and Capital Accumulation in Zimbabwe - Francis Garikayi

4. Monetary Policy in Algeria (1999-2019): An economic and monetary history approach - Fatiha Talahite

Part III: Increasing sovereignty through monetary unions?

5. The West African CFA Franc Zone as a Double Monetary Union: Loss of economic competitiveness and anti-developmental path-dependencies - Carla Coburger

6. The CFA Franc Under Neoliberal Monetary Policy: A labour-focused approach - Hannah Cross

7. From Central Bank Independence to Government Dependence: Monetary colonialism in the Eurozone -Thomas Fazi

8. Geopolitics of Finance in Africa: Birth of financial centres, not monetary unions - Elizabeth Cobbett

Part IV: Alternatives

9. The Great Paradox: Liberalism Destroys the Market Economy: The pitfalls of the neoliberal recipe for African economic and monetary sovereignty - Heiner Flassbeck

10. Food Sovereignty, the National Question, and Post-colonial Development in Africa - Max Ajl

11. Being Poor in the Current Monetary System: Implications of foreign exchange shortage for African economies and possible solutions - Anne Loscher

12. The German Push for Local Currency Bond Markets in African Countries: A pathway to economic sovereignty or increased economic dependency? - Frauke Banse

Notes on Editors

Notes on Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7453-4409-7

0-7453-4411-9