Occasional Papers

Economic Policy in a Highly Dollarized Economy: The Case of Cambodia

September 30, 2003

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Economic Policy in a Highly Dollarized Economy: The Case of Cambodia, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2003) accessed November 2, 2024

Summary

This study examines the challenges and issues facing policymakers in highly dollarized economies. Focusing on Cambodia, which achieved almost complete dollarization during 1991-95, the authors review recent developments in the literature on dollarization and examine the costs and benefits of dollarization in Cambodia, including the ensuing macroeconomic policy implications. They carry out an econometric estimation of cash foreign currency circulation in Cambodia in order to gauge the degree of dollarization. In addition to this analysis, the authors present a short description of Cambodia’s economic, financial, and structural background.

Subject: Bank deposits, Banking, Commercial banks, Currencies, Currency boards, Dollarization, Financial institutions, Financial services, Foreign exchange, Monetary policy, Money

Keywords: Baltics, Bank deposits, Board arrangement, Cash dollar, Commercial banks, Currencies, Currency, Currency boards, De facto dollarization, Dollar, Dollar supply, Dollarization, Dollarization in Cambodia, East Asia, Foreign currency, OP, South Asia

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    40

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Occasional Paper No. 2003/008

  • Stock No:

    S219EA

  • ISBN:

    9781589061897

  • ISSN:

    0251-6365

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