Abstract
This thesis examines the double underperformance of financial liberalization policies in the WAEMU : the low bank credit and ineffectiveness of the monetary policy. Precisely it studies the impact of bank resilience on bank lending and on the monetary transmission.The thesis provides the following results : 1/ bank balance sheets alter the monetary transmission, small banks, less capitalized and less liquid banks, transmit more fully the monetary shocks 2/ bank concentration weakens the bank lending to the economy and the monetary policy effectiveness 3/ excess liquidity hampers bank lending and reduces the effectiveness of monetary transmission 4/ excess liquidity is related to bank concentration.The recommendations deal with the banking regulation, the strengthening of monetary policy as well as strategies for financial development.