 Exchange Rate Regimes for Development and Poverty AlleviationGiovanni Andrea Cornia Chapter 4 in Pro-Poor Macroeconomics, 2006, pp 75-96 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract In the early twenty-first century the background against which policy makers have to choose an exchange rate regime is characterized by global financial integration, the dominance of capital account over current account transactions, large unhedged foreign currency liabilities, unpredictable fluctuations between the three main currencies and frequent financial crises linked to financial reforms and volatile portfolio flows. Given all of this, the mainstream advice to developing countries has been to adopt one of the two ‘corner solutions’ — that is, a hard peg or a pure float. However, whether this suggestion is good for growth and poverty alleviation is not at all clear. In this regard, this chapter reviews the evolution of the exchange rate regimes, examines the impact of alternative exchange rate regimes on growth, inflation and the balance of payments and discusses the choice of the exchange rate regime that minimizes poverty under normal conditions and crisis periods. Keywords: Exchange Rate; Interest Rate; Monetary Policy; International Monetary Fund; Real Exchange Rate (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:sopchp:978-0-230-62790-1_4 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Social Policy in a Development Context from Palgrave Macmillan |
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