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