Interest Rate Liberalization : Some Lessons From Africa /

This paper undertakes a survey of theoretical considerations and an analysis of the experience of five African countries with interest rate liberalization. Despite substantial progress in monetary policy reforms, liberalization has only partially affected the level and variability of interest rates....

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Auteur principal: Turtelboom, Bart
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1991.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1991/121
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF
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