ABSTRACT

This book applies contemporary macroeconomic theory and econometric modelling techniques in order to address policy issues relating to the CFA Franc Zone, a group of francophone African Countries sharing a common currency that is linked to the French Franc / Euro. Within this methodological framework, the author analyses the way in which the monetary institutions of the CFA influence macroeconomic development and policy formation.

chapter 3|25 pages

Short-run monetary policy formation

Comparing the CFA with anglophone Africa *

chapter 5|33 pages

Asset demand and the monetary transmission mechanism

The case of Côte d'Ivoire *

chapter 7|24 pages

Savings, investment and CFA membership

Time-series evidence from a comparison of Côte d'Ivoire with Kenya *