Cross-discipline approaches are providing timely policy suggestions, as, for example, through joint research in epidemiology and economics, or the use of digital technology to analyze mobility data. We are beginning to see the light at the end of this pandemic tunnel, but the light does not clearly reveal the shape of the society and economy we are approaching.
However, monetary issues do not seem at present to be the main impediment to regional economic integration and this integration does not seem to be much more advanced in the CFA Zone than in other parts of Africa.