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...

Do changes in monetary policy affect inflation and output in the East African Community (EAC)? We find that (i) Monetary Transmission Mechanism (MTM) tends to be generally weak when using standard statistical inferences, but somewhat strong when using non-standard inference methods; (ii) when...

The effectiveness of the monetary policy transmission mechanism in open economies could be impaired if interest rates are driven primarily by global factors, especially during periods of large capital inflows. The main objective of this paper is to assess whether this is true for emerging Asia's...

This paper empirically investigates the effectiveness of monetary policy transmission in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries using a structural vector autoregressive model. The results indicate that the interest rate and bank lending channels are relatively effective in influencing...

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. CHANNELS OF MONETARY TRANSMISSION -- III. CONDUCT OF MONETARY POLICY IN JORDAN -- IV. EVIDENCE FROM VARS -- V. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- IMPULSE RESPONSES -- GRANGER CAUSALITY TESTS SUMMARY -- REFERENCES.

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. FINANCIAL DEREGULATION AND DISINTERMEDIATION -- III. CHANGES IN MONETARY TRANSMISSION: EVIDENCE FROM VAR MODELS -- IV. CHANGES IN MONETARY TRANSMISSION: EVIDENCE FROM STRUCTURAL MODELS -- V. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- References.