While GDP growth in the African Financial Community (CFA) largely outpaced the rest of Africa in the 1990’s, it has since stalled. Furthermore, the CFA has yet to establish a functional common external tariff, and intra-franc-zone trade stands at a mere 12% of its members’ total exports and imports.
法郎区的困境因扭曲而功能失调的经济和货币政策而恶化。20世纪90年代，非洲金融共同体（CFA）的GDP增长率大多高于其他非洲国家，但此后就陷入了停滞。此外，CFA没能建立运转良好的共同对外关税机制，法郎区内部贸易只占成员国进出口总额的12%。