During the 1980s and early 1990s many Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries undertook reforms to promote financial sector deepening. Nevertheless, financial sectors in SSA countries remain among the shallowest in the world and, within Sub-Saharan Africa, financial depth in the CFA franc zone is...

This paper outlines reforms that have been achieved in the modernization of the customs administrations of francophone sub-Saharan (African) countries since the mid-1990s. It also highlights the remaining issues in this process. Progress has been made in the automation of operations and...

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. DATA NEEDS OF THE COMMON MARKET AND MONETARY UNION IN THE GCC STATES -- III. THE INSTITUTIONAL SETTING FOR PRODUCING STATISTICS IN GCC COUNTRIES -- IV. THE ROLE OF AFRISTAT -- V. THE ROLE OF EUROSTAT -- VI. KEY LESSONS FOR A FUTURE GULFSTAT -- VII....

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS AND EXCHANGE RATE POLICY IN THE PACIFIC REGION -- III. COMMON CURRENCY AREAS: EXPERIENCE IN OTHER REGIONS -- IV. ISSUES IN THE CONSIDERATION OF A COMMON CURRENCY AREA IN THE PACIFIC REGION -- V. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- References.

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. BACKGROUND ON THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL CURRENCY UNION -- III. PREPARATORY STATISTICAL WORK-EXPERIENCES OF THE EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION -- IV. PRINCIPLES FOR STATISTICS FOR A CURRENCY UNION -- V. WHAT STATISTICS MUST BE PREPARED? -- A. Convergence...

This paper provides a general equilibrium analysis of the trade effects of the formation of a currency union, and of its subsequent enlargement to include an economically dissimilar country. Furthermore, it investigates how economic dissimilarities among countries affect the magnitude of the...