Monetary Policy and Food Inflation in Emerging and Developing Economies

This book focuses on the impact of monetary policy and food price volatility and inflation in emerging and developing economies.

Autorentext

Abdul-Aziz Iddrisu is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Banking Technology and Finance at Kumasi Technical University, Ghana.

Imhotep Paul Alagidede is a Metaeconomist at the Nile Valley Multiversity, and Professor of Finance at the Wits Business School at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and SDD-UBIDS at Wa, Ghana.

Inhalt

1. Introduction and background to the study 2. Inflation targeting framework in emerging and developing economies: experiences and milestones 3. World food price paths, domestic food and overall prices and monetary policy conduct 4. Monetary policy and food price inflation: a wavelet-based quantile regression analysis 5. Summary and conclusion