Aftermath of the CFA Franc Devaluation
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Aftermath of the CFA Franc Devaluation

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Aftermath of the CFA Franc Devaluation

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Contents

Preface
I Introduction and Background
II Modified Adjustment Strategy
Policy Framework
Medium-Term Objectives
Fund-Supported Programs, Creditors, and Donors
III Adjustment Experience
Overall Performance in 1994
Policies Supporting the Exchange Rate Adjustment
Wage and Labor Policies
Fiscal Developments and Policy
Monetary Developments and Policy
Structural Reforms
Social Policies
IV Challenges Ahead
Fiscal Policy
Improving Government Revenue Performance
Expenditure Restraint and Management
Monetary and Credit Policy
Financial and Banking Reforms
Structural Policies
Social Policies
External Debt Management
V Conclusions
Annexes
I Statistical Tables
II Economic Integration Within the Two Unions of the CFA Franc Zone
III Monetary Policy and Banking Supervision in the Two Unions of the CFA Franc Zone
IV Fund Technical Assistance in CFA Franc Countries
V World Bank Group Technical Assistance in CFA Franc Countries
References
Box
1. CFA Franc Zone: A Profile
Tables
Section
I 1. Economic and Financial Indicators for CFA Franc and Non-CFA Franc Sub-Saharan African Countries, 1975–93
III 2. Selected Economic and Financial Indicators, 1990–96
Annex
I
3. Nominal GDP, 1991–96
4. Real Rate of Growth, 1990–96
5. GDP Deflator, 1990–96
6. Inflation (CPI), 1990–96
7. Cumulative Consumer Price Index, 1994 and 1995 (January-June)
8. Total Consumption, 1990–96
9. Total Gross Domestic Investment, 1990–96
10. Gross Public Investment, 1990–96
11. Total Private Investment, 1990–96
12. Gross Domestic Savings, 1990–96
13. Government Domestic Savings, 1990–96
14. Private Domestic Savings, 1990–96
15. Gross National Savings, 1990–96
16. Resource Balance, 1990–96
17. Exports Value (f.o.b.), 1991–96
18. Exports—Volume, 1991–96
19. Imports Value (f.o.b.), 1991–96
20. Imports—Volume, 1991–96
21. Trade Balance, 1990–96
22. Intra-CFA Franc Zone Trade, in 1990–93 and 1994
23. External Current Account Excluding Official Transfers, 1990–96
24. External Current Account Including Official Transfers, 1990–96
25. Terms of Trade, 1990–96
26. Nominal and Real Effective Exchange Rates, 1991–94
27. Stock of External Public Debt at End of 1994
28. Recent Paris Club Debt Reschedulings for the CFA Franc Countries
29. Total Scheduled Public Debt Service, 1990–96
30. Total Scheduled External Public Debt Service, 1990–96
31. Total Government Revenue, 1990–96
32. Total Government Tax Revenue, 1990–96
33. Domestic Tax Revenue, 1990–96
34. Tax on International Trade, 1990–96
35. Total Government Expenditure, 1990–96
36. Basic Primary Expenditure, 1990–96
37. Government Wage Bill, 1990–96
38. Government Wage Bill, 1991–96)
39. Adjustments in Civil Service Wage Bill, 1993–95
40. Government Investment Expenditure, 1990–96
41. Public Investment Financed by Internal Resources, 1990–96
42. Basic Primary Balance, 1990–96
43. Overall Fiscal Balance, 1990–96
44. Monetary Survey, 1993
45. Monetary Survey, 1994
46. Interest Rate Structure, 1989–95
47. Sources of Exceptional Financial Assistance, 1993–94
48. Exceptional Financial Assistance by Recipient Country, 1993–94
49. Project Aid by Recipient Country, 1993–94
50. Official Debt Relief by Recipient Country, 1993–94
51. Disbursements from the Fund, 1994–95
52. Official Producer Prices for Main Export Crops by Country, 1993–95
53. Selected Demographic and Social Indicators
II
54. Summary of Economic Integration Initiatives/Results in the CFA Franc Zone
55. Harmonization of Customs Duties and Indirect Taxes in the CFA Franc Zone
56. Economic Integration Projects at the CFA Franc Zone Level
III
57. Status of Monetary Reforms in the Two Unions of the CFA Franc Zone
58. Banking Supervision in the Two Unions of the CFA Franc Zone
IV
59. Fund Technical Assistance in CFA Franc Countries, 1989–95
Charts
Section
III
1. Economic and Financial Indicators, 1990–96
2. Quarterly Increases in Consumer Prices, 1994-March 1995
3. Real Effective Exchange Rate and Terms of Trade, 1980–94
4. WAEMU: Decomposition of Trade Balance Variations, 1993–94
5. CAEMC: Decomposition of Trade Balance Variations, 1993–94
6. External Public Debt at End of 1994
7. WAEMU: Monetary Survey, 1994
8. CAEMC: Monetary Survey, 1994

Annex I Statistical Tables

Annex II Economic Integration Within the Two Unions of the CFA Franc Zone

Annex III Monetary Policy and Banking Supervision in the Two Unions of the CFA Franc Zone

Annex IV Fund Technical Assistance to CFA Franc Countries

Annex V World Bank Group Technical Assistance to CFA Franc Countries

Since fiscal year 1990, the World Bank Group has provided support for improving economic management under the following technical assistance operations (to September 1995).

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. I Introduction and Background
  6. II Modified Adjustment Strategy
  7. III Adjustment Experience
  8. IV Challenges Ahead
  9. V Conclusions
  10. Annexes
  11. Footnotes