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Les sphères d’influence dans les régimes monétaires : l’expérience de la Corne de l’Afrique (1860-1950)
[Spheres of influence in monetary regimes: the experience of the Horn of Africa (1860-1950)]

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Résumé La monnaie est souvent considérée comme un instrument permettant de projeter pouvoir et influence. L’article retrace l’évolution des rapports de force et des hiérarchies monétaires dans la corne de l’Afrique où se sont mêlés les intérêts français, anglais et italiens en lutte d’expansion impériale autour de la mer rouge et en Éthiopie, et où paradoxalement une monnaie autrichienne s’est répandit sans aucune domination politique. L’article souligne le lien étroit existant entre monnaie et géopolitique et défend l'utilisation des notions théoriques d'espace/réseau essentiels tant d’un point de vue conceptuel qu’opérationnel pour l’analyse de rapport entre les acteurs politico-économiques et les relations géostratégiques. Abstract Currency is often seen as an instrument for projecting power and influence. The article traces the evolution of power relations and monetary hierarchies in the Horn of Africa, where French, English and Italian interests mingled in the struggle for imperial expansion around the Red Sea and Ethiopia, and where paradoxically an Austrian currency spread without any political domination. The article underlines the close link between currency and geopolitics and promotes the use of theoretical notions of space/network that are essential from both a conceptual and operational point of view for the analysis of the relationship between political-economic actors and geostrategic relations.

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  • AMAN, Moustapha, 2018. "Les sphères d’influence dans les régimes monétaires : l’expérience de la Corne de l’Afrique (1860-1950) [Spheres of influence in monetary regimes: the experience of the Horn of Africa (1860-1950)]," MPRA Paper 98815, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    Régime monétaire; Banque centrale; Développement économique; Histoire régionale;
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    JEL classification:

    • B50 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - General
    • E41 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Demand for Money
    • E5 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit
    • E50 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - General
    • N1 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations
    • N17 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Africa; Oceania
    • N9 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History
    • O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements

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