Congratulations! The currency devaluation you carried out in consultation with the IMF has made your country's exports more competitive. Trade expands and tourism flourishes as the outside world takes advantage of lower prices in your country. The inflow of foreign money give the country the funds needed to modernize its roads, airports, and communications. The economy begins to show signs of prosperity.

Continuing to work with the IMF, you also help move your country toward a shared trade and monetary policy with other West African countries. Each country in the region pursues policies within its own borders to encourage those economic activities for which nature has best fitted it, such as tourism, agriculture, mining and fishing. Your country trades with other countries in the region for products that it lacks. In this way, the regional economy increases in stability and size. Your country contributes to, and shares in, the general prosperity. One positive consequence is that your country will be even more attractive to outside investors because they will have even greater confidence in your economy and the safety of their investments.

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