Francophone Africa has been dominated to date by the political, economic and cultural repercussions of France’s colonial rule. A major instrument to assert France's interests was the upkeep of a common monetary policy and currency, the CFA Franc. Although this has been increasingly resented by...

For a long time characterized by secrecy, Central Banks nowadays give a strategic priority to the communication of their monetary policy. This recent trend towards increased transparency leads us to reflect on its implications for the effectiveness of monetary policy. Arguments on the expected...

Many studies aim to measure BRH monetary policy’s impact on real economy. But little attention has been paid to the description of the different decisions’ progress via transmission channels. This study attends to close this gap. Using Berg and al (2013)’s narrative approach, initiated by...

La série longue des sondages Eurobaromètres de la Commission européenne montre que l’opinion publique a une bonne image de l’Union monétaire et de l’euro. Cette image n’est ternie que par la perception, erronée mais largement répandue, que le passage à l’euro a eu un effet...

Au cours des vingt dernières années, la gouvernance des banques centrales a évolué en matière d’indépendance, de responsabilité, de transparence et de gestion interne. Les banques centrales des pays émergents et en développement, notamment en Afrique subsaharienne, n’échappent pas...

French Abstract: L'Afrique francophone a été dominée jusqu'à présent par les répercussions politiques, économiques et culturelles de la domination coloniale française. Contrairement à la domination coloniale « indirecte » de la Grande-Bretagne, Paris gouvernait ses (anciennes)...

The election of Bassirou Diomaye Faye as President of Senegal on March 24, 2024, after a turbulent electoral process, reflects the resilience of Senegal's democratic institutions. It provides an opportunity to strengthen transparent governance and combat inequality. It was the first time since...

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) accounts for a third of the countries on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list. In the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (ML/TF) Ranking and Risk Assessment Tool, the region performed poorly in terms of resilience to ML/TF, with more than 60% of...

L’objectif de ce papier est d’examiner l’existence ou non d’un comportement d’aléa moral dans la demande de réserve internationale des pays membres d’une union monétaire, avec application à la CEMAC. Il se base sur des éléments de statistiques descriptives et se veut le début...

This article deals with the role and the place of the money in the process of coordination in a decentralized market economy. The equilibrium models assume that the coordination is carried out through market mechanisms. These mechanisms are mainly real and individual mechanisms but they seem to...