Money in the Middle East and North Africa : monetary policy frameworks and strategies / edited by David Cobham and Ghassan Dibeh.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / David Cobham and Ghassan Dibeh -- Monetary policy architecture, financial institutions and financial markets in the Middle East and North Africa: an overview / David Cobham -- The political economy of stabilisation in post-war Lebanon / Ghassan Dibeh -- The evolution of the monetary policy framework in Egypt and the elusive goal of price stability / Hoda Selim -- 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 -- The banking sector and macroeconomic performance: the case of Turkey / Berksoy Bilgin and F. Gülçin Özkan -- Monetary policy strategies and exchange rate regimes on the southern and eastern shore of the Mediterranean -- developments and prospects / Thierry Bracke, Michal Franta and Jan Stráský -- Channels and environments of monetary policy and their implications for its conduct in GCC countries / Wassim Shahin -- Assessing inflation and output variabilityusing a New Keynesian model: an application to Egypt / Rania A. Al-Mashat -- Fiscal dominance: an obstacle to inflation targeting in Egypt / Hoda Abdel Ghaffar Youssef -- Understanding the inflationary process in the GCC region: the cases of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait / Maher Hasan and Hesham Alogeel.