FEATURED BLOG / Brookings africa in focus
“Comprising many of the poorest countries in Africa, including those in the Sahel, the CFA franc zone faces particularly daunting challenges to economic development and growth in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.” READ MORE
“The CFA zone is the only region in the world whose exchange rate and institutional arrangements have persisted for so long with so little change amidst a world which has changed a great deal.”
PLANNING FOR THE POST-COVID ERA
“As the development industry focuses more attention on the fragile states, and on the countries that have failed to eradicate poverty, the CFA Zone will be top on the list. It’s a microcosm of many salient issues in international development, ranging from low human development to climate change, to conflict traps and to lack of economic diversification.”
