Product Description: Open-Economy Macroeconomics for Developing Countries focuses on fiscal, monetary and exchange rate issues of importance to less developed economies. The book argues that the dichotomy between the short-term macroeconomic stabilization goal and the long-term economic growth objective commonly found in developing countries' policy framework is inappropriate...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: While Bangladesh is a country that is widely cited as a failure--politically and developmentally--author Akhtar Hossain challenges this notion by defending Bangladesh in his new volume Macroeconomic Issues and Policies. By presenting a detailed analysis of macroeconomic issues and policies, Hossain attempts to shift this current negative perception of Bangladesh...read more

Product Description: The issue of economic development and monetary stability has produced one of the most passionate debates in economic literature. Yet, much of the evidence employed in this debate is contradictory. Monetary and Financial Policies in Developing Countries: Growth and Stabilization brings together diverse views on the subject within a coherent framework...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: M.A. Hossain takes a closer, critical look at Bangladesh's inflation and balance of payments. Using a combination of structural and monetary theories he develops an integrated, quarterly, macroeconomic model of inflation, economic growth and balance of payments for the period 1974 to 1985...read more