1. An Introduction to the Institutions and Members of the CFA Franc Zone 2. CFA Membership, Exchange Rate Pegs and Inflation 3. Short-Run Monetary Policy Formation: Comparing the CFA with Anglophone Africa 4. Public Debt and the Strategic Interaction of Monetary and Fiscal Policy 5. Asset Demand and the Monetary Transmission Mechanism: the Case of Cote d'Ivoire 6. Tests of Capital Market integration between the Franc Zone and France 7. Savings, Investment and Franc Zone Membership: Time-Series Evidence from a Comparison of Cote d'Ivoire with Kenya 8. CFA Membership and the Role of Relative Price Stability in Investment Performance 9. Conclusion and Suggestions for Further Study