Inflation targeting in mena countries: an unfinished journey

This volume assesses the current state of play for Middle East and North African countries, in the light of wider work on inflation targeting, and provideslessons from the evolution of monetary policy in Europe. MONGI BOUGHZALA has a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, USA, and is Professor of Economics at the University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia. His current research and main interests are in monetary economics and labour economics.He has published articles and contributed to books on trade, public economics, labour and monetary policy. He is a research fellow in the Economic ResearchForum and active within the FEMISE network. . DAVID COBHAM specialises in Monetary Policy. He has published in journals including 'Economic Journal', 'Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics', and 'Oxford Economic Papers'. He is co-editor (with Ghassan Dibeh) of 'Money in the Middle East and North Africa: Monetary Policy Frameworks and Strategies' (2011) and (with O. Eitrheim, S. Gerlach and J. Qvigstad) 'Twenty Years of Inflation Targeting: Lessons Learned and Future Prospects' (2010). INDICE: PART I: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES - Moving towards Domestic Monetary Anchors bare Financial Markets Ready in the Mediterranean Region?; 'T.Bracke' -Fiscal Policy and Macroeconomic Stability in Mediterranean Countries; 'M.Sturm' & 'F.Gurtner' - Capital Mobility and the Optimal Monetary Policy Rule: a Tunisian Case Study; 'M.Sami Nabi' & 'N.Diop' - Monetary Policy Transmission andTargeting Mechanisms in Six MENA Countries; 'S.Neaime' - Monetary Transmission Mechanisms: the Credit Versus the Interest Rate Channel; 'A.Boughrara' & 'S.Ghazouani' - PART II: THE JOURNEY TOWARDS IT - From Bretton Woods to InflationTargeting: Financial Change and Monetary Policy Evolution in Europe; 'D.Cobham - 'Monetary Policy in Turkey: the Reasons for Introducing Inflation Targeting and the Outcome; 'H.Ersel' & 'F.Özatay' - The Evolution of Monetary Policy in Egypt and Steps Towards Inflation Targeting; 'R.Al-Mashat' - The Uncertain Journey towards Inflation Targeting in Tunisia; 'M.Boughzala' & 'H.Moussa' - The Journey towards Inflation Targeting in Morocco; 'L.Achy' & 'A.Boughrara'

• ISBN: 978-0-230-29021-1
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 328
• Fecha Publicación: 19/08/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés