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  "title": "The West African Monetary Union An Analytical Review",
  "publication": "Occasional Papers, May 15, 1985",
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  "summary": "Until 1984, the West African Monetary Union (WAMU) consisted of six West African countries- Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Niger, Senegal, and Togo.",
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    {
      "heading": "Summary",
      "content": "- Until 1984, the West African Monetary Union (WAMU) consisted of six West African countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Niger, Senegal, and Togo.\n- Mali withdrew from the Union in 1961 and rejoined in 1984; it is therefore excluded from this analysis, which deals with a period when it was not a member."
    },
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      "heading": "Author and Publication",
      "content": "- Author: Rattan J. Bhatia\n- Publication date: May 15, 1985\n- Series: Occasional Paper No. 1985/003\n- Issue: 003\n- Volume: 1985\n- Pages: 70"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Subject and Keywords",
      "content": "- Subject: Bank credit, Banking, Commercial banks, Credit, Economic integration, Financial institutions, Monetary base, Monetary unions, Money\n- Keywords: Africa, Asia and Pacific, Bank credit, bank financing, BCEAO, Commercial banks, Credit, deficit, discountable credit, Europe, inflation-unemployment trade-off, member government, Monetary base, Monetary unions, OP, rediscount facilities, savings ratio, West Africa"
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      "heading": "Identifiers and Access",
      "content": "- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781616351083.084\n- ISBN: 9781616351083\n- ISSN: 0251-6365\n- Stock No: S035EA0000000"
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    "Authors: Rattan J. Bhatia",
    "Published: May 15, 1985",
    "Series: Occasional Papers",
    "Volume: 1985",
    "Issue: 003",
    "Pages: 70",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781616351083.084",
    "Stock No: S035EA0000000",
    "ISBN: 978161",
    "Until 1984, the West African Monetary Union (WAMU) consisted of six West African countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Niger, Senegal, and Togo.",
    "Mali withdrew from the Union in 1961 and rejoined in 1984; it is therefore excluded from this analysis, which deals with a period when it was not a member.",
    "Author: Rattan J. Bhatia",
    "Publication date: May 15, 1985",
    "Series: Occasional Paper No. 1985/003",
    "Issue: 003",
    "Volume: 1985",
    "Pages: 70",
    "Subject: Bank credit, Banking, Commercial banks, Credit, Economic integration, Financial institutions, Monetary base, Monetary unions, Money",
    "Keywords: Africa, Asia and Pacific, Bank credit, bank financing, BCEAO, Commercial banks, Credit, deficit, discountable credit, Europe, inflation-unemployment trade-off, member government, Monetary base, Monetary unions, OP, rediscount facilities, savings ratio, West Africa",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781616351083.084",
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    "ISSN: 0251-6365",
    "Stock No: S035EA0000000",
    "Listed as an IMF Occasional Paper.",
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