The new governor of the Central Bank of

The new governor of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), Philippe-Henri Dacoury-Tabley (R), jokes with his brother Louis Andre Dacoury-Tabley (L), Ivorian minister in charge of solidarity and war victims, as Ivorian Planning Minister Paul Antoine Bohoun Bouabre (C) and former candidate for the helm of the BCEAO smiles before being sworn in on March 29, 2008 at the headquarters of the financial institution in Dakar following a cabinet meeting of the eight member countries of the Economic and Monetary West African Union (UEMOA). Dacoury-Tabley, who has a six-year mandate, promised to "create the basis for growth to improve living conditions" of UEMOA populations, comprising Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Niger, Togo, Mali and Senegal. AFP PHOTO / GEORGES GOBET (Photo credit should read GEORGES GOBET/AFP via Getty Images)