West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) : Staff Report on Common Policies for Member Countries.
Title:
West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) : Staff Report on Common Policies for Member Countries.
Author:
African Dept., International Monetary Fund.
ISBN:
9781484308059
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (107 pages)
Series:
IMF Staff Country Reports
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, OUTLOOK, AND RISKS -- IMPROVING EFFECTIVENESS OF POLICIES THROUGH BETTER COORDINATION -- A. Macroeconomic Policy Mix in 2013____________________________________________________________ -- B. Responding to Shocks While Preserving Sustainability -- C. Other Areas for Policy Coordination -- DEEPENING AND STRENGTHENING THE FINANCIAL SECTOR -- INCREASING GROWTH AND COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH REGIONAL INTEGRATION -- STAFF APPRAISAL -- BOX -- Financial System Shallowness and Macroeconomic Policies -- FIGURES -- 1. Recent Economic Developments 2007-2012 -- 2. Fiscal Developments, 2010-2012 -- 3. Monetary Policy and Inflation, 2007-2012 -- 4. Medium Term Outlook 2010-2017 -- 5. Sensitivity of Public Debt to Lower Growth -- 6. Financial Soundness -- 7. Selected Indicators on Financial Sector Depth -- TABLES -- 1. Selected Economic and Financial Indicators, 2009-2017 -- 2. Sub-Saharan Africa: Cross-Group Comparison, 2009-2017 -- 3. Selected National Accounts and Inflation Statistics, 2009-2017 -- 4. Fiscal Balances, 2009-2017 -- 5. External Balances 2009-2017 -- 6. Government Debt, 2009-2017 -- 7. Monetary Survey, March 2010-Sep 2012 -- 8. Financial Soundness Indicators, 2005-2012 -- 9. Main Features of WAEMU Economies in 2011 -- APPENDIXES -- I. Debt Sustainability in the WAEMU -- II. External Stability Assessment -- III. The Impact of the Malian Crisis on WAEMU -- IV. Shocks and Shocks Absorbtion in the WAEMU -- V. Fiscal Discipline in the WAEMU Rules and Markets -- Contents -- FINANCIAL SYSTEMS IN THE WAEMU: STRUCTURE, PERFORMANCE, AND RISKS -- A. Overview of the Structure of the Financial System -- B. The Banking Sector -- C. Microfinance -- D. Regional Markets -- E. Systemic Risk and Surveillance of the Financial System -- INTRA-WAEMU AND INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT.
A. Methodology -- B. Financial Sector Development in the WAEMU and Countries' Structural Characteristics -- C. Scope for Further Deepening -- CONSTRAINTS ON MONETARY POLICY FROM SHALLOW FINANCIAL MARKETS -- FURTHER DEEPENING WITH STABILITY: OBSTACLES AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- A. Issues and Recommendations for Obstacles to Further Financial Development_______________ -- B. Issues and Recommendations for Microprudential Regulation and Supervision -- C. Issues and Recommendations for Macroprudential Regulation -- D. Issues and Recommendations for Crisis Management ________________________________________ 33 -- REFERENCES -- BOXES -- 1. Banking System Soundness: Findings from the Stress Tests -- 2. Mobile banking in the WAEMU -- FIGURES -- 1. Evolution of the Banking Sector -- 2. Financial Soundness -- 3. Microfinance -- 4. Interbank Market -- 5. Debt Markets -- 6. The BRVM-Stock Market -- 7. Selected Indicators on Financial Sector Debt -- 8. Selected Indicators on Breadth and Access in WAEMU -- 9. Comparing the WAEMU to Selected Benchmark Countries -- 10. Monetary Transmission Mechanism in the WAEMU -- 11. Correlation of Lending and Money Market Rate -- TABLE -- Financial Soundness Indicators 2005-2012.
Abstract:
In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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