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Title The quest for regional integration in the East African community / editors Paulo Drummond, S. Kal Wajid, and Oral Williams
Published [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, c2014

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 310 pages): illustrations
Contents Sustaining growth in the East African community / Catherine McAuliffe, Sweta C. Saxena, and Masafumi Yabara -- Economic convergence to support the East African monetary union / Nabil Ben Ltaifa, Masafumi Yabara, and Oral Williams -- The fiscal policy challenges of monetary union in East Africa / Sanjeev Gupta and Jimmy McHugh -- Implications of monetary union for national fiscal institutions in East Africa / Richard Hughes -- Building a framework to harmonize monetary policy / Armando Morales -- How strong is the monetary transmission mechanism in the East African Community? / Hamid R. Davoodi, Shiv Dixit, and Gabor Pinter -- Exchange rate arrangements in the transition to East African monetary union / Christopher S. Adam ... [et al.] -- Financial sector stability: a regional approach / Mary Zephirin and S. Kal Wajid -- Cross-country financial linkages and implications for financial sector supervision / Etibar Jafarov -- Financial integration ahead of East African monetary union / Masafumi Yabara -- Themes and lessons from the financial sector assessment program / S. Kal Wajid
Summary The countries in the East African Community (EAC) are among the fastest growing economies in sub-Saharan Africa. The EAC countries are making significant progress toward financial integration, including harmonization of supervisory arrangements and practices and the modernization of monetary policy frameworks. This book focuses on regional integration in the EAC and argues that the establishment of a time table for the eliminating the sensitive-Products list and establishing a supranational legal framework for resolving trade disputes are important reforms that should foster regional integration
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject East African Community
SUBJECT East African Community fast
Subject Monetary unions -- Africa, Eastern
Fiscal policy -- Africa, Eastern
Monetary policy -- Africa, Eastern
Economic development -- Africa, Eastern
Financial risk management -- Africa, Eastern
Economic development
Economic policy
Financial risk management
Fiscal policy
International economic integration
International economic relations
Monetary policy
Monetary unions
SUBJECT Africa, Eastern -- Economic integration
Africa, Eastern -- Economic policy
Africa, Eastern -- Foreign economic relations
Subject Eastern Africa
Burundi.
Kenya.
Rwanda.
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Tanzania.
Form Electronic book
Author Drummond, Paulo Flavio Nacif, 1966-
Wajid, Syed Khalid S
Williams, Oral
International Monetary Fund.