Inflation Targeting in MENA Countries

1. Introduction
Mongi Boughzala, David Cobham

Part I. Issues and Challenges

2. Moving towards Domestic Monetary Policy Anchors — Are Financial Markets Ready in the Mediterranean Region?
Thierry Bracke

3. Fiscal Policy and Macroeconomic Stability in Mediterranean Countries
Michael Sturm, François Gurtner

4. Capital Mobility and the Optimal Monetary Policy Rule: A Tunisian Case Study
Mahmoud Sami Nabi, Ndiamé Diop

5. Monetary Policy Transmission and Targeting Mechanisms in Six MENA Countries
Simon Neaime

6. Monetary Transmission Mechanisms: The Credit versus the Interest Rate Channel
Adel Boughrara, Samir Ghazouani

Part II. The Journey towards IT

7. From Bretton Woods to Inflation Targeting: Financial Change and Monetary Policy Evolution in Europe
David Cobham

8. Monetary Policy in Turkey: The Reasons for Introducing IT and the Outcome
Hasan Ersel, Fatih Özatay

9. The Evolution of Monetary Policy in Egypt and Steps towards Inflation Targeting
Rania Al-Mashat

10. The Uncertain Journey towards Inflation Targeting in Tunisia
Mongi Boughzala, Hassouna Moussa

11. The Journey towards Inflation Targeting in Morocco
Lahcen Achy, Adel Boughrara

Keywords: Economics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Regional/Spatial Science, International Economics, Development Economics, Finance, general