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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970784103321

Autore

Menkulasi Jeta

Titolo

Dedollarization in Liberia-Lessons From Cross-Country Experience / / Jeta Menkulasi, Lodewyk Erasmus, Jules Leichter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

9786612842597

9781462325511

1462325513

9781452777320

1452777322

9781451871852

1451871856

9781282842595

1282842595

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (25 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

ErasmusLodewyk

LeichterJules

Disciplina

332.4;332.49696

Soggetti

Money - Liberia

Dollar, American

Bank deposits

Banking

Banks and Banking

Banks and banking

Banks

Currencies

Depository Institutions

Dollarization

Economic sectors

Financial Institutions and Services: General

Financial sector

Financial services industry

Financial services

Government and the Monetary System

Industries: Financial Services

Micro Finance Institutions

Monetary base

Monetary economics

Monetary Policy



Monetary policy

Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General

Monetary Systems

Money and Monetary Policy

Money supply

Money

Mortgages

Payment Systems

Regimes

Standards

Liberia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Table; 1. History of Currencies in Liberia; Figures; 1. International Comparison of Dollarization: Foreign Currency Deposits to; I. Macroeconomic Management in a Dollarized Economy; II. International Experience with Dedollarization; 2. Liberia: Real Effective Exchange Rate and CPI; Box; 1. Experience with Dedollarization; 3. Increases in dollarization: 2000-07; 4. Decreases in dollarization: 2000-07; III. Lessons and Policy Options for Liberia; IV. Conclusion; References; Appendix; I. Estimating the Degree of Dollarization in Liberia; Appendix Table; 1. Dollarization in Liberia

Attachment1. Estimating US Dollars in Circulation

Sommario/riassunto

Liberia's experience with a dual currency regime, with the U.S. dollar enjoying legal tender status, dates to its founding as a sovereign country in 1847. Following the end of the most recent episode of civil war in late-2003, the new government has expressed interest in strengthening the role of the Liberian dollar. Liberia, however, is heavily dollarized, with the U.S. dollar estimated to account for about 90 percent of money supply. Cross-country experience suggests that dollarization does not preclude monetary policy from achieving its primary objective of price stability, and that successful and lasting dedollarization may be difficult to achieve.