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The Regional Fragmentation and the Reintegration of West African Economy through a Perspective of Currencies:20th and 21th Century

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K03771
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Economic history
Research InstitutionKanazawa University

Principal Investigator

MASAKI Toyomu  金沢大学, 経済学経営学系, 教授 (30315527)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
KeywordsCFAフラン / ECO / ECOWAS / UEMOA / UMOA / 通貨主権 / 操作勘定 / 旧仏領西アフリカ / セネガル銀行 / 西アフリカ / 通貨 / CFA / 植民地主義 / 宗主国 / 仏領西アフリカ / 銀貨 / ギネ(濃紺色綿布) / 西アフリカ銀行 / 植民地フラン / インド産綿布ギネ / 20世紀 / 21世紀
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In these days, the methodologies to realize the monetary integration in the ECOWAS region becomes a significant issue. Behind it lies that Francophone West African countries except for Guinea largely inherited the financial system that France introduced in the colonial era. Notably, the "compte d'operation" opened at the French Treasury, which was imperative to pegg the CFA franc to the Euro, becomes an obstacle to forming a more extensive monetary integration, including the former British and Portuguese countries. First, this study uncovered the various conflicts over the monetary integration in the ECOWAS region. Next, this research tried to investigate the historical backgrounds of the "compte d'operation" and also reviewed the British system to compare it. However, it turned out that we need further investigation of the French fiscal system itself to obtain effective research outcomes. We will reexamine it by the ongoing Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

西アフリカで現在話題となっている通貨をめぐる様々な論争の背景を明らかにした。研究成果の一部は、アジア経済研究所が発行する査読誌、『アフリカレポート』に2019年10月に掲載された。それ以降、2020年4月現在まで、本論文の月間ダウンロード数は、毎月120件程度で推移しており、6カ月間、当該雑誌の月間ダウンロードランキングで、常に3位以内に入っている。こうしたことからも、アフリカ研究の分野では、一般社会からもそれなりに関心を持たれているようである。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (19 results)

All 2020 2019 2017 2016 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (5 results) Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 2 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 2 results) Remarks (7 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Universidade Nova de Lisboa(ポルトガル)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Osaka University/総合地球環境学研究所(日本)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] LSE/University of Cambridge(英国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Bologna(イタリア)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Usmanu Danfodiyo University(ナイジェリア)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] From the CFA franc to the ECO?: An Interpretation on the Announcement of the New Common Currency for the ECOWAS2019

    • Author(s)
      正木響
    • Journal Title

      Africa Report

      Volume: 57 Issue: 0 Pages: 87-92

    • DOI

      10.24765/africareport.57.0_87

    • NAID

      130007737949

    • ISSN
      0911-5552, 2188-3238
    • Year and Date
      2019-10-29
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] セネガル国立文書館紹介2017

    • Author(s)
      正木響
    • Journal Title

      日仏歴史学会会報

      Volume: 32 Pages: 49-55

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Guinee Cloth Exported to Western Africa Via France from 1815 to 1929: Focusing on Changes in Transit Points and Destinations at the Turn of the Century2016

    • Author(s)
      Toyomu MASAKI
    • Journal Title

      Discussion Paper Series, 29, Faculty of Economics and Management, Institute of Human and Social Sciences, Kanazawa University

      Volume: 29 Pages: 1-20

    • DOI

      10.2139/ssrn.2860669

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Spheres of money and payment systems in the colony of Senegal and its protectorates in the long nineteenth century2020

    • Author(s)
      Toyomu MASAKI
    • Organizer
      International Workshop "Monetary transitions in colonial Africa"
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The Bank of Senegal (1840’ to 1901): The Background of the Establishment and its Impacts on the French Colonization over West Africa2019

    • Author(s)
      Toyomu MASAKI
    • Organizer
      Transnational money and the formation of economies and states in Africa, 1870s-1960s (Osaka University、Work shop)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] How France made Senegal its colony:From an Aspect of the Financial System Established in the Nineteenth Century2019

    • Author(s)
      Toyomu MASAKI
    • Organizer
      14th Annual Meeting of the African Economic History Network
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Guinee Cloth Exported to Western Africa Via France from 1815 to 1929: Focusing on Changes in Transit Points and Destinations at the Turn of the Century2016

    • Author(s)
      Toyomu MASAKI
    • Organizer
      Africa Economic History Network
    • Place of Presentation
      Sussex University(英国)
    • Year and Date
      2016-10-22
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Remarks] Money in West Africa

    • URL

      https://sites.google.com/view/moneyinwestafrica

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 正木響 Researchmap

    • URL

      https://researchmap.jp/read0063355/

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Masaki Toyomu Researchgate

    • URL

      https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Masaki_Toyomu

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Researchmap

    • URL

      https://researchmap.jp/read0063355/

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Researchmap English

    • URL

      https://researchmap.jp/read0063355/?lang=english

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 正木響研究室

    • URL

      http://toyomumasaki.w3.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Researchmap

    • URL

      http://researchmap.jp/read0063355/

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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