1st Edition

Fiscal and Monetary Policies in Developing Countries State, Citizenship and Transformation

By Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir Copyright 2022
302 Pages 60 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

302 Pages 60 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

302 Pages 60 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The COVID-19 crisis has fractured the pre-existing structural rigidities and institutional fragilities in the economies of developing countries more than ever, necessitating a rethinking of fiscal and monetary policies, the main vehicles for relief, recovery and reconstruction. This book examines the barriers to transformation in developing countries in the wake of the pandemic and analyses... Read more

1. State Building and Economic Policy Making

2. Framing Fiscal and Monetary Policies for Developing Countries

3. Fiscal Policy And The State-Citizen Relationship

4. Fiscal Policy And Productive Capacity

5. Equality, Welfare and State

6. Monetary Policy, Growth And Employment

7. Price, Inflation And Monetary Policy

8. An Agenda For Transformation

Biography

Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir is a professor in the Department of Development Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

“Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir's book, Fiscal and Monetary Policies in Developing Countries: State, Citizenship and Transformation, is a testimony on the role of fiscal and monetary policies in state-building in developing countries. An economist from an advanced economy may be perplexed by the argument that fiscal and monetary policies contribute to state-building, because conventional thinking limits the role of fiscal and monetary policies in state-building. The book has provided food for thought for those who are intrigued by the role of fiscal and monetary policies in state-building in developing countries. […] The book is a good read on the role of fiscal and monetary policies in state-building for scholars, students, policymakers and politicians.” — Bhim Bhurtel, Nepal Open University, Columnist, Asia Times, review appearing in UNESCAP.org 2023