monetary policy frameworks and strategies

List of tables List of figures Notes on contributors Preface 1. Introduction David Cobham and Ghassan Dibeh Part I: Monetary policy frameworks 2. Monetar 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 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 A-zkan 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 Strasku 9. Channels and environments of monetary policy and their implications for its conduct in MENA 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 Alogeelxvi, 278 p : il