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1 online resource |
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data file rda |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover -- Contents -- 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 |
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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 |
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9. The Great Paradox: Liberalism Destroys the Market Economy: The pitfalls of the neoliberal recipe for African 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 Loscher -- 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 |
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Notes on Contributors -- Index |
| Summary |
The story of how African societies are resisting financial dependency and colonial legacies. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 04, 2022). |
| Subject |
Africa -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
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Economic history.
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Africa. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkHrMyfHC67yqRTycbrv3
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| Chronological Term |
2000-2099
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| Added Author |
Ben Gadha, Maha, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780745344096 |
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Print version: 0745344089 9780745344089 0745344070 9780745344072 (OCoLC)1240773964 |
| ISBN |
9780745344119 electronic book |
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0745344119 electronic book |
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9780745344096 electronic book |
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