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Introduction: Why to Study “The Portuguese Escudo Monetary Zone and its Impact in Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa”

In: The Portuguese Escudo Monetary Zone

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  • Maria Eugénia Mata

    (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

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In the context of the European colonisation in Africa, the decisions of the Berlin Conference of the late 1880s defined the territories of the Portuguese empire. The coincidence between currency areas in Africa and colonial empires makes the study of the Escudo Monetary Zone an important step to understand currency areas in general. Under Mundel’s 1960s ideas on economic integration and optimal currency areas (OCAs) the Portuguese Escudo Monetary Zone can also illustrate the purpose of economic growth and prosperity that was related to economic integration and monetary unions in a global perspective. The government decisions to join the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and simultaneously frame a Portuguese free trade area in the Escudo Monetary Zone is here analysed as a macro-political experiment in Africa.

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  • Maria Eugénia Mata, 2020. "Introduction: Why to Study “The Portuguese Escudo Monetary Zone and its Impact in Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa”," Palgrave Studies in Economic History, in: The Portuguese Escudo Monetary Zone, chapter 0, pages 1-7, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palscp:978-3-030-33857-2_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-33857-2_1
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