Economic and Monetary Sovereignty in 21st Century Africa

Economic and Monetary Sovereignty in 21st Century Africa

Gadha, Maha Ben; Kaboub, Fadhel; Mahmoud, Ines; Sylla, Ndongo Samba; Koddenbrock, Kai; Patnaik, Prabhat

Pluto Press

12/2021

336

Mole

Inglês

9780745344072

15 a 20 dias

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Foreword - Prabhat Patnaik

Introduction - By the editors

Part I: The contemporary global economic and monetary order

1. China's Finance and Africa's Economic and Monetary Sovereignty - Radhika Desai

Part II: Challenges to monetary sovereignty in the postcolonial periphery

2. Banking, Business, and Sovereignty in Sudan (1956-2019) - Harry Cross

3. Money, Finance, and Capital Accumulation in Zimbabwe - Francis Garikayi

4. Monetary Policy in Algeria (1999-2019): An economic and monetary history approach - Fatiha Talahite

Part III: Increasing sovereignty through monetary unions?

5. The West African CFA Franc Zone as a Double Monetary Union: Loss of economic competitiveness and anti-developmental path-dependencies - Carla Coburger

6. The CFA Franc Under Neoliberal Monetary Policy: A labour-focused approach - Hannah Cross

7. From Central Bank Independence to Government Dependence: Monetary colonialism in the Eurozone - Thomas Fazi

8. Geopolitics of Finance in Africa: Birth of financial centres, not monetary unions - Elizabeth Cobbett

Part IV: Alternatives

9. The Great Paradox: Liberalism Destroys the Market Economy: The pitfalls of the neoliberal recipe forAfrican economic and monetary sovereignty - Heiner Flassbeck

10. Food Sovereignty, the National Question, and Post-colonial Development in Africa - Max Ajl

11. Being Poor in the Current Monetary System: Implications of foreign exchange shortage for African economies and possible solutions - Anne Loescher

12. The German Push for Local Currency Bond Markets in African Countries: A pathway to economic sovereignty or increased economic dependency? - Frauke Banse

Notes on Editors

Notes on Contributors

Index
international relations; African economies; monetary systems; currency systems; macroeconomics; monetary sovereignty; Africa; financial colonialism; monetary theory; development studies