01828cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF013907 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484398135 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Berg, Andrew. The Monetary Transmission Mechanism in the Tropics : A Narrative Approach / Andrew Berg, Luisa Charry, Rafael Portillo, Jan Vlcek. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013. 1 online resource (54 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 Many central banks in low-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are modernising their monetary policy frameworks. Standard statistical procedures have had limited success in identifying the channels of monetary transmission in such countries. Here we take a narrative approach, following Romer and Romer (1989), and center on a significant tightening of monetary policy that took place in 2011 in four members of the East African Community: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. We find clear evidence of the transmission mechanism in most of the countries, and argue that deviations can be explained by differences in the policy regime in place. Mode of access: Internet Charry, Luisa. Portillo, Rafael. Vlcek, Jan. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/197 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2013/197/001.2013.issue-197-en.xml IMF e-Library