Macroeconomic Issues and Policies in the Middle East and North Africa

Editor: Mr. Zubair Iqbal

This book brings together recent IMF research on how the Middle East and North African countries are grappling with various macroeconomic challenges. It rigorously analyzes policy alternatives for a range of relevant topics, including the implications of changing demographic trends for growth and unemployment, determinants of inflation, financial-sector reform and Islamic banking, fiscal sustainability in oil-dependent economies, exchange rate and trade arrangements, and impediments to foreign direct investment. The book's overall theme-self-sustaining and faster growth can be achieved through comprehensive structural reforms and closer collaboration between the region's policymakers and the international community.

Publication date: September 2001

ISBN: 9781589060418

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Business and Economics , Banks and Banking , Exports and Imports , Finance , Economics- Macroeconomics , Taxation - General , Demography , BOOK , exchange rate , market , SDR zone , EU imports , EU association agreement , core deficit , GCC country , Exchange rates , Tariffs , Exports , Real exchange rates , Imports , Middle East , North Africa , Maghreb , East Asia , Western Hemisphere

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Summary

This book brings together recent IMF research on how the Middle East and North African countries are grappling with various macroeconomic challenges. It rigorously analyzes policy alternatives for a range of relevant topics, including the implications of changing demographic trends for growth and unemployment, determinants of inflation, financial-sector reform and Islamic banking, fiscal sustainability in oil-dependent economies, exchange rate and trade arrangements, and impediments to foreign direct investment. The book’s overall theme-self-sustaining and faster growth can be achieved through comprehensive structural reforms and closer collaboration between the region’s policymakers and the international community.