01699cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF012250 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781557757616 1020-5098 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Debelle, Guy. Inflation Targeting as a Framework for Monetary Policy / Guy Debelle, Miguel Savastano, Paul Masson, Sunil Sharma. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998. 1 online resource (20 pages) Economic Issues <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 distorts prices, erodes savings, discourages investment, stimulates capital flight, inhibits growth, and makes economic planning a nightmare. During the past decade, several advanced economies have taken a new approach to the age-old problem of controlling inflation through monetary policy known as "inflation targeting." This pamphlet explains the requirements of putting the new policy in place, the experience of the countries that have tried it, and whether it has applicability to developing countries. Mode of access: Internet Masson, Paul. Savastano, Miguel. Sharma, Sunil. Economic Issues; Economic Issues ; No. 1998/005 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/books/051/03569-9781557757616-en/03569-9781557757616-en-book.xml IMF e-Library