Social Dimensions of Adjustment (SDA)
Author : Zimbabwe
Publisher :
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 19,30 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Public welfare
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Author : Zimbabwe
Publisher :
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 19,30 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Public welfare
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Author :
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Page : 222 pages
File Size : 33,91 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Structural adjustment (Economic policy)
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Page : 114 pages
File Size : 10,42 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Economic development projects
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Page : pages
File Size : 21,48 MB
Release : 1990
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Author : Enrique Lerdau
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Page : pages
File Size : 25,84 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Economic development projects
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Author : Munhamo Chisvo
Publisher :
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 22,76 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Economic development
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Page : 40 pages
File Size : 22,44 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Social Science
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Author : Christiaan Grootaert
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 31,43 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Science
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Author : Jessica M. Vivian
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,39 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780714641997
Social policy in developing countries has been substantially affected in recent years by economic crisis and structural adjustment, and perhaps more importantly, by the ascendance of neo-liberal ideology. By the late 1980s, the adverse effects of adjustment had become clear, and the resulting political opposition led many governments and their external supporters to design programmes meant to 'mitigate the social costs' of adjustment. The most visible of these are the 'social fund' or 'safety net' measures intended not only to address the social impacts of adjustment, but also to improve their social and political acceptability. In addition, they are seen by some as providing a model for new, more efficient and effective means of providing social service. This volume examines the goals, assumptions, impacts and possible long-term outcomes of social policy trends in developing countries.
Author : S. M. Ravi Kanbur
Publisher :
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 11,41 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
During the 1980s, many developing countries have entered into an explicit process of structural adjustment. The need for such adjustment has been brought about through combinations of external and internal shocks which have led to unsustainable external deficits. Adjustment is not costless. It calls for changes in the composition of output, with more emphasis being placed on exports, and an outward looking strategy. Therefore, there will be distributional effects with both gainers and losers. Who are the likely losers? Are they already in poverty? If so, how can the adjustment process be managed so as to protect them? This paper addresses these questions by putting forward a conceptual framework and implementing it for the specific case of Cote d'Ivoire. This paper is divided into five sections : 1) lays out the conceptual framework of analysis at the macro and micro level; 2) reviews the structural adjustment program in order to highlight salient features that relate to poverty alleviation; 3) develops an empirical poverty profile for 1985; 4) attempts to link the macroeconomic developments of 1980-85 to poverty; and finally 5) looks ahead and draws out some policy conclusions for future design of structural adjustment loans (SALs).