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How Effective is Monetary Transmission in Low-Income Countries? A Survey of the Empirical Evidence

By Prachi Mishra, Peter J Montiel

June 1, 2012

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Prachi Mishra, and Peter J Montiel. How Effective is Monetary Transmission in Low-Income Countries? A Survey of the Empirical Evidence, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2012) accessed October 10, 2024
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Summary

This paper surveys the evidence on the effectiveness of monetary transmission in low-income countries. It is hard to come away from this review with much confidence in the strength of monetary transmission in such countries. We distinguish between the "facts on the ground" and "methodological deficiencies" interpretations of the absence of evidence for strong monetary transmission. We suspect that "facts on the ground" are an important part of the story. If this conjecture is correct, the stabilization challenge in developing countries is acute indeed, and identifying the means of enhancing the effectiveness of monetary policy in such countries is an important challenge.

Subject: Bank credit, Banking, Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rates, Financial markets, Foreign exchange, Money, Securities markets, Stock markets

Keywords: Aggregate demand, Bank credit, Bank lending channel, Banks, Bond market, Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Central bank, Developing countries, Exchange rate, Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rates, Institutions, Interest rate, Lending rate, Middle East, Monetary aggregate, Monetary policy, Nominal exchange rate, North Africa, Price level, Regime indicator, Securities markets, Stock markets, Sub-Saharan Africa, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    48

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2012/143

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2012143

  • ISBN:

    9781475504064

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941