The Economic Structural Adjustment Programme

Author : Ed Brown,Bob Milward,Giles Mohan,Alfred B. Zack-Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 44,8 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 : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 47,5 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 : P. Thandika Mkandawire,Charles Chukwuma Soludo
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,8 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 : Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 46,5 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 : A. S. Mlambo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Structural adjustment (Economic policy)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021643999

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The Economic Structural Adjustment Programme by A. S. Mlambo Pdf

Analyses the origins and assesses the impact of Zimbabwe's economic structural adjustment programme (ESAP) between 1990 and 1995. Includes chapters on economic development, educational and health policies in the country for the period 1980-1990.

Author : John Williamson,Institute for International Economics (U.S.)
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037510661

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IMF Conditionality by John Williamson,Institute for International Economics (U.S.) Pdf

The twenty-one contributions in this book assess the controversy surrounding the Fund and provide judgments about the criteria for Fund lending which should help readers understand and analyze both its ongoing role in smoothing adjustment to international payments imbalances and its currently critical position in responding to the debt crisis.

Author : A. Mwanza
Publisher : Sapes Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCAL:B3978022

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Structural Adjustment Programmes in SADC by A. Mwanza Pdf

Author : Charles Harvey
Publisher : Springer
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349243730

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Constraints on the Success of Structural Adjustment Programmes in Africa by Charles Harvey Pdf

This book reports why orthodox structural adjustment measures do not have the expected results in Africa. Orthodox measures may be necessary but are frequently not sufficient because of structural factors, some peculiar to individual countries, some found more widely. Six chapters report on extensive fieldwork in Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe; three chapters compare countries in Africa (recovery from disaster, labour markets, new financial markets) and one makes comparisons with Asia and Latin America of employment policies.

Author : SAPRIN
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781848137851

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Structural Adjustment by SAPRIN 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 : David Reed
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134048182

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

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 Dollar,Jakob Svensson
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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What Explains the Success Or Failure of Structural Adjustment Programs? by David Dollar,Jakob Svensson Pdf

June 1998 A few political economy variables can successfully predict the outcome of an adjustment loan 75 percent of the time. To select promising candidates for adjustment, the World Bank must do a better job of understanding which environments are promising for reform and which are not. Being more selective may mean smaller volumes of lending. In the 1980s development assistance shifted largely from financing investments (such as roads and dams) to promoting policy reform. This change came because of a growing awareness that developing countries were held back more by poor policies than by a lack of finance for investment. After nearly 20 years' experience with policy-based or conditional lending, there have now been many studies of adjustment lending, most of which take a case-study approach. Many conclude that policy-based lending works if countries have decided on their own to reform. Dollar and Svensson examine a database of 220 World Bank-supported reform programs to identify why adjustment programs succeed or fail. They find that a few political economy variables can successfully predict the outcome of an adjustment loan 75 percent of the time. Variables under the World Bank's control-resources devoted to preparation and supervision or number of conditions-have no relationship with an adjustment program's success or failure. What development agencies must do, then, is select promising candidates for adjustment support. When the candidate is a poor selection, devoting more administrative resources or imposing more conditions will not increase the likelihood of successful reform. To improve its success rate with adjustment lending, the World Bank must become more selective and do a better job of understanding which environments are promising for reform and which are not. That is likely to lead to fewer adjustment loans, unless there is a significant change in the number of promising reformers. To become more effective at supporting policy reform, the agency must be willing to accept that this may lead to smaller volumes of lending. This paper-a product of the Macroeconomics and Growth, Development Research Group-is part of a larger effort in the group to examine aid effectiveness. The study was funded by the Bank's Research Support Budget under the research project Economic Policies and the Effect of Foreign Aid (RPO 681-70). The authors may be contacted at [email protected]. or [email protected].

Author : Kempe Ronald Hope
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429686757

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Structural Adjustment, Reconstruction and Development in Africa by Kempe Ronald Hope Pdf

First published in 1997, this volume is intended to make a contribution to both the literature and the contentious debate on the relationship between structural adjustment and reconstruction and development in Africa, as seen from the multidisciplinary perspective of academics and practitioners working in Africa on African development problems and issues. The implementation of structural adjustment in Africa has spawned a considerable, and still on-going, debate with vociferous advocates on both sides of the issue, particularly with respect to the efficacy of structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) as an antidote to Africa’s development crisis. This book contributes to that debate with a rich mixture of analytical views and ideas covering a wide range of countries and sectors on the role and impact of structural adjustment programmes on the process of reconstruction and development in Africa.

Author : Philimon Ng'andwe,Jacob Mwitwa,Ambayeba Muimba-Kankolongo
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128041222

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Forest Policy, Economics, and Markets in Zambia by Philimon Ng'andwe,Jacob Mwitwa,Ambayeba Muimba-Kankolongo Pdf

This book is the result of over ten years of field research across Zambia. It covers the production and diverse uses of wood and non-wood forest products in different parts of Zambia. Although a short format, it is a multi-contributed work. It starts an overview of the forestry sector, and covers more specific areas like production, markets and trade of wood and non-wood products; the role of non-wood forest products in the livelihood of the local population, the contribution of the forestry sector to Zambia’s overall economy and reviews of efforts to strategically utilize these resources for local economic, and sustainable, development. A concise reference to understand key wood products, market dynamics, and role of forests in a developing nation A useful guide for corporations, consultants, NGOs and international research organizations involved with sustainable development in Zambia as well as other nations in the SADC

Author : Michael P. Dooley,Jeffrey A. Frankel
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226155425

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Managing Currency Crises in Emerging Markets by Michael P. Dooley,Jeffrey A. Frankel Pdf

The management of financial crises in emerging markets is a vital and high-stakes challenge in an increasingly global economy. For this reason, it's also a highly contentious issue in today's public policy circles. In this book, leading economists-many of whom have also participated in policy debates on these issues-consider how best to reduce the frequency and cost of such crises. The contributions here explore the management process from the beginning of a crisis to the long-term effects of the techniques used to minimize it. The first three chapters focus on the earliest responses and the immediate defense of a currency under attack, exploring whether unnecessary damage to economies can be avoided by adopting the right response within the first few days of a financial crisis. Next, contributors examine the adjustment programs that follow, considering how to design these programs so that they shorten the recovery phase, encourage economic growth, and minimize the probability of future difficulties. Finally, the last four papers analyze the actual effects of adjustment programs, asking whether they accomplish what they are designed to do-and whether, as many critics assert, they impose disproportionate costs on the poorest members of society. Recent high-profile currency crises have proven not only how harmful they can be to neighboring economies and trading partners, but also how important policy responses can be in determining their duration and severity. Economists and policymakers will welcome the insightful evaluations in this important volume, and those of its companion, Sebastian Edwards and Jeffrey A. Frankel's Preventing Currency Crises in Emerging Markets.

Author : Lionel Demery,Tony Addison
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821309560

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The Alleviation of Poverty Under Structural Adjustment by Lionel Demery,Tony Addison Pdf

This study has identified a number of examples in which concerns about the alleviation of poverty have been given some practical expression in adjustment programs. Because most of these examples are of very recent origin, it is difficult to assess how effective they have been in helping the poor. First, one striking feature of the illustrations compiled is that they are invariably orderly or planned structural adjustment programs that have often been implemented with Bank assistance (Bolivia, Cote d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Indonesia, Jamaica, and Thailand). Second, income distributions will inevitably change during adjustment. These changes are the principal incentives for resource reallocation, and without them the objectives of adjustment will not be realized. Third, the study highlights the advantages of interventions that increase the primary income claims of the poor. Finally, adjustment can act as a catalyst for policymakers to examine carefully the costs and benefits of their programs for the poor.