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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.
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