West African States

Ivory Coast to keep BCEAO job

The president of the Ivory Coast said on Tuesday 18 October that his country will not relinquish the governorship of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).

CBN chief speaks on ways to support WAMZ

NIGERIA - As part of plans towards the establishment of a common currency in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sub-region under one central bank next year, the director of research at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. O.J…

Expanded monetary union in West Africa

ARTICLE - In an article published in the IMF's quarterly magazine, IMF economists R.D. Asante and Paul Robert Masson talk with Jacqueline Irving of the IMF's external relations department about the pros and cons of expanded monetary union in West Africa.

Konan Banny worried over political stability

The governor of the Senegal-based Central Bank of West African States, or BCEAO, has said that peace is the precondition for economic progress in Africa. "In my view, African leaders should be concerned only about the struggle for economic progress,"…