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Will the Euro Trigger More Monetary Unions in Africa?

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  • Patrick Honohan
  • Philip R. Lane

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We analyse the prospects for greater monetary integration in Africa, in the wake of EMU. We argue that the structural characteristics of African economies are quite different to the EMU members but that much can be gained from monetary cooperation, as an external agency of restraint and in promoting stability in the financial sector. EMU has only a marginal impact on the net benefits of monetary cooperation but the euro would be a natural anchor for any African monetary unions. Indeed, the most likely route to new monetary cooperation in Africa is via a common peg to the euro.

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  • Patrick Honohan & Philip R. Lane, 2000. "Will the Euro Trigger More Monetary Unions in Africa?," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2000-176, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    Keywords

    Economic integration; Financial crisis; Financial institutions; Financial institutions; International; Monetary policy;
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    JEL classification:

    • F30 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - General
    • F36 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
    • F33 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions

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