## West African Economic and Monetary Union: Selected Issues

_IMF Staff Country Reports, March 2, 2022_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: March 2, 2022
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- Volume: 2022
- Issue: 068
- Pages: 58
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400204579.002
- Stock No: 1WAUEA2022002
- ISBN: 9798400204579
- ISSN: 1934-7685

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### Thematic Scope and Keywords
- Subjects covered:
  - Asset and liability management
  - COVID-19
  - Debt limits
  - Financial institutions
  - Financial markets
  - Health
  - International organization
  - Monetary policy
  - Production
  - Public debt
  - Securities
  - Securities markets
  - Total factor productivity
- Keywords:
  - COVID-19
  - Debt limits
  - deficit ceiling
  - Global
  - growth loss
  - Securities
  - Securities markets
  - sovereign bond market development
  - sovereign bond market stage
  - stages of building block development
  - Sub-Saharan Africa
  - Total factor productivity
  - West Africa

### Core Findings and Analytical Focus (as described on the landing page)
- 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.

### Usage and Access Notes
- 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

*International Monetary Fund. African Dept. "West African Economic and Monetary Union: Selected Issues", IMF Staff Country Reports 2022, 068 (2022).*

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