Ivory Coast and Senegal rejected monetary reform proposals flat-out

Evidence

Hamani Diori was personally convinced by my analysis’, explains Samir Amin. ‘But he still had to convince the Ivory Coast and Senegal, which rejected the proposal flat-out. As France did.’ Indeed, the French president Georges Pompidou was not particularly receptive to Diori’s ideas when the latter presented them to him in June 1969. — Fanny Pigeaud_ Ndongo Samba Sylla, Africa’s Last Colonial Currency, 172

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ivory Coast was creating its own currency when France launched its 2011 assault; France only concedes monetary reform when African pressure threatens its position — Fanny Pigeaud_ Ndongo Samba Sylla, Africa’s Last Colonial Currency, 336

Related

• Ivory Coast was creating its own currency when France launched its 2011 assault (similarity 0.84)
• No franc-zone state dared request monetary independence, leaving France’s influence intact (similarity 0.79)
• France relaxed reserve requirements only under pressure from a defiant member state (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• France only concedes monetary reform when African pressure threatens its position #exemplifies (0.70) — Fanny Pigeaud_ Ndongo Samba Sylla, Africa’s Last Colonial Currency, 336