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Title: | Monetary Dependence in Africa: The Case of Sierra Leone |
Author: | Dixon-Fyle, S.R. |
Year: | 1978 |
Periodical: | Journal of Modern African Studies |
Volume: | 16 |
Issue: | 2 |
Period: | June |
Pages: | 273-294 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Sierra Leone |
Subjects: | economic dependence money Economics and Trade colonialism |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/160170 |
Abstract: | This article examines the nature of African dependence on foreign currencies, and its implications for autonomous decision-making relating to currency links, exchange-rate levels, and their adjustment towards specific objectives of economic and monetary policy. Sections: An approach to dependence - Dependence: the framework of reaction - Money and foreign-exchange markets - Sierra Leone - An independent exchange-rate policy - Some options outlined - Macro-economic policy - Monetary co-operation in Africa. Notes. |