TY - BOOK AU - Gulde, Anne-Marie., ed. AU - Tsangarides, Charalambos., ed. TI - The CFA franc zone: common currency, uncommon challenges SN - 1589066758 U1 - 332.456091044 PY - 2008/// CY - Washington PB - International Monetary Fund KW - Monetary unions KW - Africa, French-speaking KW - Economic policy KW - French franc area N1 - Overview / Anne-Marie Gulde -- Sustainability of macroeconomic policies: Monetary policy in a currency union? : the case of CEMAC / Corinne Deléchat, Gustavo Ramirez, and Romain Veyrune. Long-run determinants of inflation in WAEMU / Abdoulaye Diop, Gilles Dufrénot, 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 Deléchat and Jan Kees Martijn -- 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 -- Integration and growth: Financial sector integration in WAEMU / Amadou Sy. Banking sector integration and competition in CEMAC / Samer Saab and Jérôme 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 ER -