Money and Finance in the Middle East: Missed Opportunities or Future Prospects Vol: 6


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Hardback
ISBN:
9780762312160
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Publisher:
JAI Press Inc.
Dimensions:
249 pages - 159 x 229 x 19mm
Series:
Research in Middle East Economics
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This volume contains three main themes. The first theme relates to financial developments in the MENA region, emphasizing the role of stock markets and portfolio flows, foreign direct investments and private and public savings in the growth and development experience of the region. We see echoed throughout the first few chapters the notion that financial liberalization has many benefits as well as risks not only for the countries involved, but for international investors as well. For the countries of this region, we see the promise of enhanced growth and development through more developed financial markets that can facilitate the important relationship between investors and savers. For the international investor, we see a region that is posed to offer returns that are strongly correlated to risk. In the developing economies of the MENA region commercial banks have played a prominent role in economic growth since capital markets are still underdeveloped and still lack the appropriate mechanisms to channel effectively and efficiently funds from surplus units to deficit units. The next theme of the volume relates to the role commercial banks have played in channelling funds from savings to investments, and their role in the financing for development experience of some MENA economies. Finally, and on a broader level, the conduct of monetary policy in some MENA countries is highlighted with some emphasis on exchange rate policies and the use of some exchange rate regimes and their impact on the economies of the region.

Introduction (S. Neaime, N. Colton). Part I Savings, investments and portfolio and FDI flows in MENA 1. Portfolio diversification and financial integration of MENA stock markets (S. Neaime). 2. Foreign direct investment in Tunisia: Role of the free trade agreement with the European Union (M. A. Chemingui, N. Colton). 3. Institutional investors, contractual savings and capital markets development in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia (W. Grais, D. Vittas). 4. Financial liberalization, saving, investment and growth in Middle East countries. (A. Lachen). 5. Determinants of private savings in the Middle East and North Africa. (K. M. Ozcan, Y. Z. Ozcan). Part II Commercial banking in the Middle East 6. Profitability and risk management in banking: A comparative analysis for selected MENA countries. (S. Hakim, S. Neaime). 7. An analysis of mergers and acquisitions in the Turkish banking sector. (A. Mumcu, E. U. Zenginobuz). Part III Monetary, fiscal and exchange rate policies in the Middle East 8. Hysteresis in currency substitution: the Middle East and North Africa. (W. Shahin, F. Freiha). 9. Choosing an appropriate Palestinian Monetary Regime. (M. De Moraes Ruehsen). 10. Dollarization and its long-run determinants in Turkey. (I. Civcir). 11. Fiscal monetary and exchange rate policies in a small open economy (S. Neaime).

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