Structural Adjustment And The Environment

Author : David Reed
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134048182

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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

Author : David Reed
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134048250

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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

Author : David Reed
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1992-08-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 0813387027

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During the 1980s the World Bank loaned over 28.5 billion for structural adjustment programs in developing countries. Structural Adjustment and the Environment explores the results of these programs and arrives at the disturbing conclusion that structural adjustment lending has failed both to protect the environment and to achieve sustainable development.Drawing on case studies and global analysis, this important book examines the basic philosophy, scope, and objectives of structural adjustment and the ways in which it might contribute to human needs and environmental protection. Concluding that the pursuit of economic growth must be conditioned by environmental objectives, scholars from the World Wide Fund for Nature call for a thorough revision of development policy, including basic institutional change, reforms in lending priorities, and increased democratization of the development process.This is a vital book for activists and scholars in a wide range of disciplines who are concerned with international development and the environment.

Author : David Reed
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000313390

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A publication having a provocative avocation, as does this book, is possible only with the support and sharp minds of many dedicated professionals. Contributions from colleagues on five continents enabled this research endeavor to mature from an urgent although poorly formulated idea some three years ago to a serious study of the environmental impacts of policy-based lending. It is nothing short of a privilege to have benefited from the dedication and support of so many gifted colleagues who helped steer this study through methodological, political, and logistical thickets of many kinds.

Author : Ed Brown,Bob Milward,Giles Mohan,Alfred B. Zack-Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781135099527

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Structural Adjustment by Ed Brown,Bob Milward,Giles Mohan,Alfred B. Zack-Williams Pdf

Structural Adjustment: Theory, Practice and Impacts examines the problems associated with Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) and reveals the damaging impacts they can have. The book looks at how the debt crisis of the 1970's forced developing countries to seek external help and then reviews what constitutes as a standard adjustment programme, detailing the political, economic, social and environmental impacts of SAPs. The final section draws together theories and political responses and presents a case for alternatives to the programmes.

Author : David Reed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Economic development
ISBN : LCCN:92023516

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Author : David Reed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Economic development
ISBN : OCLC:223749651

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Structural Adjustment, the Environment, and Sustainable Development by David Reed Pdf

Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008-02-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781848130852

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Structural Adjustment by Bloomsbury Publishing Pdf

Structural adjustment programmes are the largest single cause of increased poverty, inequality and hunger in developing countries. This book is the most comprehensive, real-life assessment to date of the impacts of the liberalisation, deregulation, privatisation and austerity that constitute structural adjustment. It is the result of a unique five year collaboration among citizens' groups, developing country governments, and the World Bank itself. Its authors, the members of the Structural Adjustment Participatory Review International Network (SAPRIN), reveal the practical consequences for manufacturing, small enterprise, wages and conditions, social services, health, education, food security, poverty and inequality. The stark conclusion emerges: if there is to be any hope for meaningful development, structural adjustment and neoliberal economics must be jettisoned.

Author : Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351809573

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IMF and World Bank Sponsored Structural Adjustment Programs in Africa by Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang Pdf

This title was first published in 2001: Bringing together geographers, planners, political scientists, economists, rural development specialists, bankers, public administrators and other development experts, this volume questions the benefits of Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs). It critically assesses the impact of SAPs from a wider perspective than a purely economic one, highlighting concerns about impacts of adjustments on the more vulnerable elements of society such as social welfare, the environment, labour, gender and agriculture. Revealing both the costs and benefits of the economic restructuring programme, the book also suggests alternatives to current development models, and how SAPs can be made more sustainable. An original and comprehensive addition to the collections of both students and practitioners of development.

Author : David Reed
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN : 1844079597

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Structural Adjustment, the Environment and Sustainable Development by David Reed Pdf

First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Anna Gueorguieva
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Environmental impact analysis
ISBN : UCSD:31822033417833

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A Critical Review of the Literature on Structural Adjustment and the Environment by Anna Gueorguieva Pdf

Author : Patricia Lundy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429873690

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Debt and Adjustment by Patricia Lundy Pdf

Published in 1999, this text is based on original research carried out during 13 months fieldwork in Jamaica. The first key theme is an examination of the damage to the social environment and ecology of the island, which has resulted from IMF/World Bank prescribed structural adjustment policies. The second is the identification of a social movement in Jamaica of community environmental groups, some based in ultra-poor squatter communities. The study presents data and case studies which are characteristic of many "third world" countries, and links Jamaica's heavy external indebtedness to its deteriorating social environment and ecology.

Author : P. Thandika Mkandawire,Charles Chukwuma Soludo
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781552502044

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Our Continent, Our Future by P. Thandika Mkandawire,Charles Chukwuma Soludo Pdf

Our Continent, Our Future presents the emerging African perspective on this complex issue. The authors use as background their own extensive experience and a collection of 30 individual studies, 25 of which were from African economists, to summarize this African perspective and articulate a path for the future. They underscore the need to be sensitive to each country's unique history and current condition. They argue for a broader policy agenda and for a much more active role for the state within what is largely a market economy. Finally, they stress that Africa must, and can, compete in an increasingly globalized world and, perhaps most importantly, that Africans must assume the leading role in defining the continent's development agenda.

Author : Liam Downey
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781479878406

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Inequality, Democracy, and the Environment by Liam Downey Pdf

Winner, American Sociological Association Section on Environment and Technology Allan Schnaiberg Outstanding Publication Award The world currently faces several severe social and environmental crises, including economic under-development, widespread poverty and hunger, lack of safe drinking water for one-sixth of the world’s population, deforestation, rapidly increasing levels of pollution and waste, dramatic declines in soil fertility and biodiversity, and global warming. Inequality, Democracy, and the Environment sheds light on the structural causes of these and other social and environmental crises, highlighting in particular the key role that elite-controlled organizations, institutions, and networks play in creating these crises. Liam Downey focuses on four topics—globalization, agriculture, mining, and U.S. energy and military policy—to show how organizational and institutional inequality and elite-controlled organizational networks produce environmental degradation and social harm. He focuses on key institutions like the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the U.S. Military and the World Trade Organization to show how specific policies are conceived and enacted in order to further elite goals. Ultimately, Downey lays out a path for environmental social scientists and environmentalists to better understand and help solve the world’s myriad social and environmental crises. Inequality, Democracy and the Environment presents a passionate exposé of the true role inequality, undemocratic institutions and organizational power play in harming people and the environment.

Author : Kiran D. Pandey,David Wheeler
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Deforestation
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Structural Adjustment and Forest Resources by Kiran D. Pandey,David Wheeler Pdf

Structural adjustment has not promoted domestic deforestation, but it has increased net imports of wood products, implying some displacement of pressure onto other countries' forest resources. Devaluations have significantly increased the exploitation of forest resources.