Islamic Republic of Iran: Selected Issues Paper

International Monetary Fund

No 2004/308, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This Selected Issues paper analyzes economic growth in Iran. It uses a growth-accounting exercise to quantify the historical sources of growth over 1960–2002, including human capital accumulation and the contribution of Total Factor Productivity to growth. The paper presents an empirical study to quantify the role of several other contributing factors commonly discussed in the cross-country growth literature, including macroeconomic stability, financial development, trade openness, and the change in the terms of trade. The paper also examines issues in medium-term management of oil wealth in Iran.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; central bank; GDP; rate of return; monetary policy; price; GDP growth; instrument independence; bank Keshavarzi; monetary policy objective; oil GDP; consumption path; import prices ratio; investment rate; financial system reform; Commercial banks; State-owned banks; Oil prices; Human capital; Total factor productivity; Middle East; East Asia; North Africa; North America; East Africa; Northern Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 72
Date: 2004-09-27
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