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Macroeconomic issues and policies in the Middle East and North Africa /

This book brings together recent research bt IMF staff on how the region's countries are grappling with these challenges. It rigorously analyzes policy alternatives for a range of relevant topics-including the implications of changing demographic trends for growth and unemployment, determinants...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Iqbal, Zubair (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : International Monetary Fund, [2001]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface / Horst Köhler
  • Acknowledgments
  • Economic challenges in the Middle East and North Africa--an overview / Zubair Iqbal
  • pt. 1. Selected macroeconomic and financial issues. Demographic transition in the Middle East: implications for growth, employment, and housing / Pierre Dhonte, Rina Bhattacharya, and Tarik Yousef
  • Determinants of inflation in the Islamic Republic of Iran--a macroeconomic analysis / Olin Liu and Olumuyiwa S. Adedeji
  • Financial liberalization in Arab countries / Karim Nashashibi, Mohamad Elhage, and Annalisa Fedelino
  • Monetary operations and government debt management under Islamic banking / V. Sundararajan, David Marston, and Ghiath Shabsigh
  • Addendum: Recent developments in Islamic banking / Ghiath Shabsigh
  • Fiscal sustainability with nonrenewable resources / Nigel Chalk
  • pt. 2. External policies. External stability under alternative nominal exchange rate anchors: an application to the Gulf Cooperation Council countries / S. Nuri Erbaș, Zubair Iqbal, and Chera L. Sayers
  • Real exchange rate behavior and economic growth in the Arab Republic of Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia / Ilker Domac̦ and Ghiath Shabsigh
  • Exchange rate unification, the equilibrium real exchange rate, and the choice of exchange rate regime: the case of the Islamic Republic of Iran / V. Sundararajan, Michel Lazare, and Sherwyn E. Williams
  • Addendum: Exchange system reforms in the Islamic Republic of Iran: a note on past and current experiences / Ghiath Shabsigh
  • Export performance and competitiveness in Arab countries / Karim Nashashibi, Ward Brown, and Annalisa Fedelino
  • The impact of European Union Association agreements on Mediterranean countries / Henri Ghesquiere
  • Addendum: Implementation of the European Union Association agreements / Daniel Hardy, Nicole Laframboise, and Edouard Martin
  • Estimating trade protection in Middle Eastern and North African countries / Maria-Angels Oliva.