De la réussite d'une intégration monétaire à son échec. La Corne de l'Afrique, un champ expérimental (circa 1800-1950)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20364629 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Colette Dubois (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue | 322 |
| Pages | 269-289 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revue française d histoire d outre-mer (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0300-9513 • E-ISSN: 2419-4522 |
| Publisher | PERSEE Program (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3406/outre.1999.3728 |
| OpenAlex | W2327430951 |
| Language | FR |
| Citations received | 2 |
The following considerations on monetary issues in north-eastern Africa have been oriented by two facts. During the 19 th century, African people trusted a silver coin called the Maria Teresa dollar, which gained on lastingly in the Horn of Africa. This alien currency coexisted with other local currencies (amoulés of salt, pieces of cloth, ...), but becante the preferred one as far as regional and inter-region trading business was concerned. Thanks to this currency, the region, which is situated at maritime and land crossroads, enjoyed a large monetary unity. However, in the very early 1950' s this currency disappeared abruptly, to be replaced by the Ethiopian dollar or the Djibouti franc. How had it been possible to break up the monetary unity that had lasted for almost 150 years ? Why had not the supremacy been challenged by existing monetary means such as the dollar bearing the face of Menelik IId, which was issued as early as 1894, or the colonial currency such as liras, francs or rupees ? To what extent were the reforms undertaken by Ethiopia and the French Somaliland in the 1940' s responsible for the appearance ot two distinct impervious monetary zones whereas their respective economic Systems kept on being tightly linked one to the other
Art · Colonialism · Currency · Economic history · Economics · Economy · French horn · Humanities · Liberian dollar · Monetary economics · Political science · Sociology · Us dollar · African history and culture analysis · African history and culture studies · Law · Finance
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |