Choosing Exchange Regimes in the Middle East and North Africa

September 5, 2003

Summary

This paper reviews the exchange regimes of five emerging market countries in the Middle East and North Africa region-Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia-and one oil-exporting country-Iran-to see whether they need to consider adopting more flexible arrangements as they further open their economies to trade and capital flows.

Subject: Conventional peg, Currency markets, Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rate flexibility, Exchange rates, Financial markets, Foreign exchange

Keywords: a number of emerging market country, Conventional peg, country, crawling peg regime, Currency markets, East Africa, emerging market country, exchange rate, Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rate flexibility, Exchange rates, exchange regime, exchange regime choice, interest rate, intermediate exchange regime, managed float, MENA country, Middle East, MISC PUBS, Misc., North Africa, regime

Pages:
26
Volume:
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589062306.054
Issue:
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Series:
Pamphlet Series, No.
Stock No:
CERMEA
ISBN:
9781589062306
ISSN:
0538-8759

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