01902cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF011420 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781463925932 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Born, Alexandra. What Can Low-Income Countries Expect From Adopting Inflation Targeting? / Alexandra Born, Sarwat Jahan, Edward Gemayel. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011. 1 online resource (45 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Inflation targeting (IT) is a relatively new monetary policy framework for low-income countries (LICs). The limited number of LICs with an IT framework and the short time that has elapsed since the adoption of this framework explains why there are no previous empirical studies on the performance of IT in LICs. This paper has made a first attempt at filling this gap. It finds that inflation targeting appears to be associated with lower inflation and inflation volatility. At the same time, there is no robust evidence of an adverse impact on output. This may explain the appeal of IT for many LICs, where building credibility of monetary policy is difficult and minimizing output costs of reducing inflation is imperative for social and political reasons. Mode of access: Internet Gemayel, Edward. Jahan, Sarwat. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/276 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2011/276/001.2011.issue-276-en.xml IMF e-Library