Mali and the U.M.O.A.: a Case-Study of Economic Integration

David Leith Crum

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Mali and the U.M.O.A.: a Case-Study of Economic Integration

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David Leith Crum

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A study of the Republic of Mali's readmission into L'Union monétaire ouest-africaine provides an illustration of some of the problems inherent in African economic integration as political concerns intrude on development issues. In a broader sense, this case-study displays the difficulties involved in achieving the goal expressed in the very name of the Organisation of African Unity. It also shows the dual pull felt by many post-independence states: a desire for greater autonomy, as well as the necessity of maintaining some important links with the erstwhile colonising power.

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Information: The Journal of Modern African Studies , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , September 1984 , pp. 469 - 486

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X00055130 [Opens in a new window]
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^{page 473 note 2} Ibid.

^{page 473 note 3} The African members of the B.C.E.A.O. agreed that their currencies should be freely convertible with those nations outside the franc zone. Ibid. 4, 6, 31 July 1967, p. 779.

^{page 473 note 4} Ibid. 4, 4, 31 May 1967, p. 736.

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^{page 475 note 2} Ibid.

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^{page 475 note 4} Ibid.

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^{page 476 note 2} Ibid. 15 January 1975, pp. 3452–4, and 15 January 1980, p. 5500.

^{page 477 note 1} Ibid. 11, 9, 15 October 1974, p. 3358, 15 January 1975, pp. 3452–4, and 12, 3, 15 April 1975, pp. 3554–5; African Diary, 20, 6, 5–11 February 1980, p. 9873; and ‘UMOA Summit?’, in ARB: EFT series, 26, 10, 30 November 1983, pp. 7050–1.

^{page 477 note 2} ARB: PSC series, 15 January 1975, pp. 3452–4.

^{page 477 note 3} Ibid.

^{page 478 note 1} Ibid. 12, 2, 15 March 1975, p. 3525; 15 April 1975, pp. 3554–5; 12, 6, 15 July 1975, p. 3650; and 12, 7, 15 August 1975, p. 3687.

^{page 478 note 2} Ibid. 15 January 1980, p. 5500.

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^{page 481 note 3} Ibid. and ‘Le Président Moussa Traore en France’.

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^{page 483 note 1} In fact, according to ‘West African Monetary Union: Mali's membership shelved’, in ARB: EFT series, 18, 12, 31 January 1982, p. 6271, the U.M.O.A. members had in December 1981 ‘put off till their next meeting in about a year a decision on whether to admit Mali to the organisation’.

^{page 483 note 2} The six members of the U.M.O.A.-Benin, the Ivory Coast, Niger, Senegal, Togo, and Upper Volta — were thus joined by Mali, Mauritania and Rwanda. ‘Côte d'Ivoire: quatre sommets de l'Afrique francophone à Yamoussoukro’, in Le Monde, 19–20 12 1982, p. 4.Google Scholar

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