Includes bibliographical references. - Description based on print version record Horst KöhlerAcknowledgments: Preface Zubair Iqbal: Economic challenges in the Middle East and North Africa--an overview Pierre Dhonte, Rina Bhattacharya, and Tarik Yousef: pt. 1. Selected macroeconomic and financial issues. Demographic transition in the Middle East: implications for growth, employment, and housing Olin Liu and Olumuyiwa S. Adedeji: Determinants of inflation in the Islamic Republic of Iran--a macroeconomic analysis Karim Nashashibi, Mohamad Elhage, and Annalisa Fedelino: Financial liberalization in Arab countries V. Sundararajan, David Marston, and Ghiath Shabsigh: Monetary operations and government debt management under Islamic banking Ghiath Shabsigh: Addendum: Recent developments in Islamic banking Nigel Chalk: Fiscal sustainability with nonrenewable resources S. Nuri Erbaș, Zubair Iqbal, and Chera L. Sayers: pt. 2. External policies. External stability under alternative nominal exchange rate anchors: an application to the Gulf Cooperation Council countries Ilker Domac̦ and Ghiath Shabsigh: Real exchange rate behavior and economic growth in the Arab Republic of Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia V. Sundararajan, Michel Lazare, and Sherwyn E. Williams: Exchange rate unification, the equilibrium real exchange rate, and the choice of exchange rate regime: the case of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ghiath Shabsigh: Addendum: Exchange system reforms in the Islamic Republic of Iran: a note on past and current experiences Karim Nashashibi, Ward Brown, and Annalisa Fedelino: Export performance and competitiveness in Arab countries Henri Ghesquiere: The impact of European Union Association agreements on Mediterranean countries Daniel Hardy, Nicole Laframboise, and Edouard Martin: Addendum: Implementation of the European Union Association agreements Maria-Angels Oliva.: Estimating trade protection in Middle Eastern and North African countries |
