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- Samuel Guérineau
- Sylviane Guillaumont Jeanneney
Abstract
[eng] Domestic Borrowing : an Option for Financing Public Expenditures whose Time has Come in Africa ? TheCaseofWAEMU . Following a series of debt cancellations, the public debt of many developing countries has reached low levels. These countries are being urged to extent public spending to reach The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but can not exclusively rely on external financing. Consequently, is an increase in the domestic debt possible and desirable ? This paper investigates this issue in the case of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), of which several countries have benefited from important debt cancellations. We show that an increase in the domestic debt is not only possible, since there exists excess bank liquidity and that institutional constraints may be overcome, but also desirable since the main risks linked to the rise of public debt (debt distress, crowding out of private investment and real exchange rate appreciation) seem weak at the moment. [fre] De nombreux pays en développement ont bénéficié d'annulations de dette qui leur ont permis de réduire signifi- cativement le niveau de la dette publique. Ces pays devront financer des dépenses massives pour atteindre les objectifs du millénaire pour le développement et ne peuvent compter exclusivement sur des financements extérieurs. Dès lors le recours à des emprunts internes est-il possible et souhaitable ? Cet article analyse cette question dans le cadre de l'Union économique et monétaire ouest africaine, dont cinq Etats sur huit ont bénéficié d'importantes annulations de dette. Il apparaît que le recours au marché financier régional est pour plusieurs pays non seulement possible, puisque le système bancaire est très liquide et que les obstacles institutionnels sont surmontables, mais également souhaitable, dans la mesure où les principaux risques associés (dette publique non soutenable, éviction des investissements privés et appréciation réelle de la monnaie) semblent actuellement limités.
Suggested Citation
Samuel Guérineau & Sylviane Guillaumont Jeanneney, 2007.
"Le temps retrouvé de l'endettement interne en Afrique ? Le cas de l'UEMOA,"
Revue Française d'Économie, Programme National Persée, vol. 22(1), pages 73-105.
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RePEc:prs:rfreco:rfeco_0769-0479_2007_num_22_1_1642
DOI: 10.3406/rfeco.2007.1642
Note: DOI:10.3406/rfeco.2007.1642
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