TY  - BOOK
AU  - Masson,Paul R.
AU  - Pattillo,Catherine A.
ED  - International Monetary Fund.
TI  - Monetary union in West Africa (ECOWAS): is it desirable and how could it be achieved? 
SN  - 1589060148
AV  - HG3986.5 .M32 2001
U1  - 337.1 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - International Monetary Fund
KW  - Monetary unions
KW  - Africa, West
N2  - In April 2000 six West African countries declared their intention to proceed to monetary union among the non-CFA franc countries of the region by January 2003, as a first step toward a wider monetary union including all the ECOWAS countries in 2004. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate whether a monetary union makes economic sense, to discuss the institutional requirements for successful monetary union and to consider how best the political momentum for a union can be channeled toward a fundamental improvement in underlying policies
ER  -