Part 1. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Introduction and Background: A historical perspective of the role of financial institutions in Africa’s development -- Part 2. Country Monetary Policy Issues -- Chapter 2. Monetary Policy and Price Stability in Ghana's Fourth Republic: Have the Dues Been...

Among the great facts in the history of West Africa prior to the age of European penetration has been the propagation of Islam and the way it has changed African societies. This book is not an attempt to write a history of West Africa, but to show the way in which Islam spread and moulded the...