Format:
1 online resource (337 pages)
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Illustrationen
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780745344119
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9780745344119
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9780745344096
Content:
The story of how African societies are resisting financial dependency and colonial legacies.
Content:
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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780745344072
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Economic and monetary sovereignty in 21st century Africa London : Pluto Press, 2022 ISBN 9780745344072
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780745344089
Language:
English
Keywords:
Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Koddenbrock, Kai
