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  "title": "West African Economic and Monetary Union: Selected Issues",
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      "heading": "Thematic Scope and Keywords",
      "content": "- Subjects covered:\n  - Asset and liability management\n  - COVID-19\n  - Debt limits\n  - Financial institutions\n  - Financial markets\n  - Health\n  - International organization\n  - Monetary policy\n  - Production\n  - Public debt\n  - Securities\n  - Securities markets\n  - Total factor productivity\n- Keywords:\n  - COVID-19\n  - Debt limits\n  - deficit ceiling\n  - Global\n  - growth loss\n  - Securities\n  - Securities markets\n  - sovereign bond market development\n  - sovereign bond market stage\n  - stages of building block development\n  - Sub-Saharan Africa\n  - Total factor productivity\n  - West Africa"
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      "content": "- The report is part of IMF Staff Country Reports and is available via the IMF eLibrary.\n- The landing page provides options to Download PDF and access More Formats on IMF eLibrary.\n- Citation example provided on the page (Chicago format): International Monetary Fund. African Dept. \"West African Economic and Monetary Union: Selected Issues\", IMF Staff Country Reports 2022, 068 (2022), accessed 9/11/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400204579.002\n\nInternational Monetary Fund. African Dept. \"West African Economic and Monetary Union: Selected Issues\", IMF Staff Country Reports 2022, 068 (2022).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- 1wauea2022002\n  - 1wauea2022002 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - 1wauea2022002 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: March 2, 2022",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "Volume: 2022",
    "Issue: 068",
    "Pages: 58",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400204579.002",
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    "The publication is a Selected Issues report addressing multiple facets of the West African Economic and Monetary Union relevant to macroeconomic policy and financial development.",
    "Emphasized topics include sovereign bond market development and stages of building block development for securities markets.",
    "The report links COVID-19 to themes such as growth loss and implications for public debt and fiscal frameworks (including debt limits and deficit ceiling considerations).",
    "Analysis spans monetary policy, asset and liability management, financial institutions, and total factor productivity within the West Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa context.",
    "The report is part of IMF Staff Country Reports and is available via the IMF eLibrary.",
    "The landing page provides options to Download PDF and access More Formats on IMF eLibrary.",
    "Citation example provided on the page (Chicago format): International Monetary Fund. African Dept. \"West African Economic and Monetary Union: Selected Issues\", IMF Staff Country Reports 2022, 068 (2022), accessed 9/11/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400204579.002",
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