Strengthening the West African Economic and Monetary Union : The Role of Fiscal and Market Institutions in Economic Stabilization /

West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) countries face a well-known dilemma between the need to provide shock-smoothing mechanisms and the lack of adequate mechanisms to do so. WAEMU countries are subject to frequent and, to a large extent, asymmetric shocks. They have remained poorly diver...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Basdevant, Olivier
Other Authors: Imam, Patrick, Kinda, Tidiane, Zdzienicka, Aleksandra
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Series:Departmental Papers; Departmental Paper ; No. 2015/011
Online Access:Full text available on IMF