While criticism of the post-colonial character of the CFA franc zone is intensifying, little research has yet been done on the concrete implications of this currency regime for the monetary policy of the two CFA central banks - and hardly any attention is being paid to these implications in the...

The paper treats the eco currency union project in West Africa and its implications for monetary policies against the backdrop of the international monetary order from a post-Keynesian perspective. The eco zone project envisions a common monetary union of the West African Economic and Monetary...