Money in the Middle East and North Africa : Monetary Policy Frameworks and Strategies (Hardcover)

List of tables List of figures Notes on contributors Preface  1. Introduction - David Cobham and Ghassan Dibeh  Part I: Monetary policy frameworks  2. Monetary policy strategies, financial institutions and financial markets in the Middle East and North Africa: an overview - David Cobham  3. The political economy of stabilisation in post-war Lebanon - Ghassan Dibeh  4. The evolution of the monetary policy framework in Egypt and the elusive goal of price stability - Hoda Selim  5. Monetary policy and the central bank in Jordan - Samar Maziad  6. From occupation to an independent monetary policy: achievements and aspirations in Palestine - Jihad K. Wazir, Mohammad Atallah and Shaker A. Sarsour  7. The banking sector and macroeconomic performance: the case of Turkey - Berksoy Bilgin and Gulcin Ozkan  Part II: Monetary policy strategies  8. Monetary policy strategies and exchange rate regimes on the southern shore of the Mediterranean ? developments and prospects - Thierry Bracke, Michal Franta and Jan Strasky  9. Channels and environments of monetary policy and their implications for its conduct in GCC countries - Wassim Shahin  10. Assessing inflation and output variability using a New Keynesian model: an application to Egypt - Rania Al-Mashat  11. Fiscal dominance: an obstacle to inflation targeting in Egypt - Hoda Abdel Ghaffar Youssef  12. Understanding the inflationary process in the GCC region: the cases of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait - Maher Hasan and Hesham Alogeel