Stabilization and Adjustment Policies and Programmes

Stabilization and Adjustment Policies and Programmes
Author: Reginald Herbold Green
Publisher:
Total Pages: 62
Release: 1987
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One number in a set of studies by WIDER on the experiences of developing countries with stabilization and adjustment programmes in the 1970s and 1980s. Each study analyzes policies implemented by a specific country; relations with IMF and World Bank; effects of policies on production, employment, balance of payments and social welfare; and what other policies might have been followed instead. The first drafts of the studies were discussed at the WIDER conference on stabilization and adjustment policies in developing countries, 19-22 August, 1986 in Helsinki.

Structural Adjustment, the Environment and Sustainable Development

Structural Adjustment, the Environment and Sustainable Development
Author: David Reed
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 421
Release: 2013-11-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134048181

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This is a pioneering study which should serve as a model for future research and will to a wide audience' Dharam Ghai, Director United Nations Research Institute for Social Development Structural Adjustment and the Environment (Earthscan, 1992) was the first book to fully examine the effects of 'structural adjustment programmes the economic reform policies required by the World Bank and IMF as part of their lending operations with borrowing countries. To widespread Critical acclaim it exposed the damaging environmental and social effects of structural adjustment policies, and called for a thorough revision of the then-current development policy. This new work; Structural Adjustment, the Environment and sustainable Development is a major step forward in the study of structural adjustment policies. It looks in detail at new research and analysis into their effects, and incorporates recent studies by a wide range of academics and policy-makers, leading experts and institutes. Focusing on nine in-depth case studies, the book examines the complex links between macroeconomic policies, social impacts and environmental outcomes, and takes a forward-looking perspective in outlining the alternatives to current structural adjustment policies. Review quotes for Structural Adjustment and the Environment 'Should be essential reading for all students of development' Third World Planning Review 'Breaks new ground in the debate on structural adjustment generally. and in the environment/development debate' International Affairs 'The most substantial contribution to date to what is undoubtedly an important area' Development and Change David Reed is director of the Macroeconomics for Sustainable Development Programme of WWF International, and editor of Structural Adjustment and the Environment (Earthscan, 1992). Originally published in 1996

Stabilization and Structural Adjustment

Stabilization and Structural Adjustment
Author: Finn Tarp
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2002-09-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134891989

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This book reveals and examines the relevance of the macroeconomic theory and models behind recommendations for stabilization and structual adjustment. Alternaive analytical approaches are discusses. This is done on the basis of an up-to-date review of developments in sub-saharan Africa during the 1980's and within a common analytical framework.

Social Funds in Stabilization and Adjustment Programmes

Social Funds in Stabilization and Adjustment Programmes
Author: Giovanni Andrea Cornia
Publisher: Unu World Institute for Development Economics Research
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1999
Genre: Business & Economics
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Well before the introduction of adjustment-related Social Funds (SFs), many developing countries had developed a variety of safety nets comprising food subsidies, nutrition interventions, employment-based schemes and targeted transfers. Middle-income and a few low-income countries had also achieved extensive coverage in the field of social insurance. In countries committed to fighting poverty, these programmes absorbed considerable resources (2-5 per cent of GDP, excluding social insurance) and had a large impact on job creation, income support and nutrition: for instance, in 1983, Chile's public works programme absorbed 13 per cent of the labour force. Their ability to expand quickly depended on a permanent structure of experienced staff, good portfolios of projects, clear management rules, adequate allocation of domestic resources, supply-driven execution and, with the exception of food subsidies, fairly good targeting.