The paper analyses the effects of trade and exchange rate policies on Cameroon's agriculture. Theoretical models and formulas are developed for empirical analysis.

This paper examines the determinants of inflation in Uganda. High inflation, an economic virus of the Ugandan economy for most of the 1980s, has been recorded at annual rates of less than 10% since 1993/94. A competitive exchange rate has also been sustained since 1990.

For a developing country like Nigeria, the price of foreign exchange plays a highly significant role in the ability of the economy to attain optimal productive capacity. This paper, using a statistical analysis, studies the foreign exchange rate behaviour in Nigeria's auction.

The paper assesses whether the exchange rate is affected by monetary policy and whether these effects are permanent or transitory. The paper takes the position that the exchange rate regime determines the flexibility of monetary policy.

From 1983, Ghana embarked on an economic recovery programme (ERP), an important feature which was trade and foreign exchange liberalization. This called for a legalization of the black market into foreign exchange (forex) bureaus. This paper looks at the structure of this market, including the...

The dominent influence of South African goods on the Botswana CPI basket leads to the expectation that South African prices have a significant role in determining prices in Botswana. This paper examines Botswana's price and inflation relationships and their interaction.

This report analyses the effects of real exchange rate (RER) movements (defined in terms of misalignment and volatility) on the growth of non-oil exports in Nigeria over the period 1960-1990. RER is defined as the relative price of tradeables to non-tradeables, and RER misalignments are derived...

This study examines the impact of foreign aid inflows to Tanzania on macroeconomic variables such as the real exchange rate, export performance, government expenditure, investment and growth.

This paper uses a computable general equilibrium model consistent with stylized facts about Cameroon to assess the impact of the 1994 regional fiscal reform. Two main elements characterize this model: it accounts for the asymmetric impact with trading partners and the dualism on product and...