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Showing 1 to 20 of 73 for “"Structural Adjustment"”.
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Structural adjustment in Egypt : the case of agriculture
… and effectiveness of the economic reform and structural adjustment programme adopted by Egypt in 1991. It also examines the main political and economic constraints of such policies. It argues that it is unlikely to provide sustainable or equitable growth. It also argues that privatisation …
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Economic and societal effects of structural adjustment in Guyana
… a downward spiral under IMF and World Bank structural adjustment programs (SAPs), which ironically, were designed to boost the economy. This claim is analyzed with respect to three of Guyana’s most important industries: logging, mining and sugar.However, while SAPs have been a major force in …
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Structural Adjustment and the Dismantling of Egypt's Etatist System
… the Egyptian state after it applied neoliberal structural adjustment policies in May 1991, as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank had required in return for foreign debt restructuring. It demonstrates how the Egyptian state was transformed from the etatist system that had …
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Gendered effects of structural adjustment: A case study in Mexico.
Gendered effects of structural adjustment: A case study in Mexico.
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Impact of structural adjustment policies on health in developing countries
The impact on health of the structural adjustment policies has emerged as a controversial debate in international health. Some economists and public health researchers and some government and non-government commentators allege that the structural adjustment programs have had a detrimental health …
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Structural adjustment and international commodity markets: The case of cocoa
This study identifies the changes that have occurred in the world cocoa market, explains these changes and deduces implications for development policy. Supply of cocoa to the world market has increased and the world price of cocoa is decreasing. Cocoa is an important export commodity for …
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African democracy at a crossroads : structural adjustment, economic crisis and political turbulence in Zimbabwe
Word processed copy. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-76).
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The impact of structural adjustment programmes on Uganda (with particular reference to Uganda Management Institute)
… Goals. 3. To evaluate the context of the structural adjustment programmes(SAPs), past and contemporary, affecting the economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa and in particular the Ugandan economy. 4. To undertake a study of the structure, characteristics and performance of the market in …
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The Social Impact of the International Monetary Fund: Structural Adjustment Programs in Latin America from 1980-2000
This paper examines 17 Latin American countries to study the IMF’s impact on their social development. I try to determine if the funds provided by the IMF are associated with improvements in social development, as measured by the United Nation’s Human Development Index (HDI), health, education, and …
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In the wake of structural adjustment programs : exploring the relationship between domestic policies and health in Argentina and Uruguay
Background: The implementation of structural adjustment programs (SAPs) in low to middle income (LMICs) has been followed by a marked reduction in their progress on economic growth, social indicators and health outcomes. Comprehensive and contextualized explorations of the effects of SAPs are …
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The effects of the economic structural adjustment programs on agriculture in Sub Saharan Africa: a case study of Zimbabwe 1990-2000
… of land and the IMF and WB mandated Economic Structural Adjustment Program. This research focused on the effects of ESAP on the agricultural sector with a view to highlight the themes that emerged on key indicators over the adjustment period from 1990 to 1995 as well as a period after to 2000 …
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The strengths and the limits of the strategies used by low income women to cope with the effects of structural adjustment
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1990.
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Economic structural adjustment programmes in the Southern African development community : an analysis of impact and policy considerations with special reference to Zambia and Zimbabwe
… at examining the impact of World Bank / IMF, structural adjustment programmes in the SADC region. However, the main focus of the study was on Zimbabwe and Zambia. These World Bank / IMF-influenced perestroikas, are believed to be viable panacea, for the state of economic malaise prevalent in …
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Understanding farm entry and farm exit in Korea
… intergenerational change has been agricultural structural adjustment policy, which includes farm entry policy, farm exit policy, competitiveness policy, and rural development policy. However, the number of young farmers has decreased and number of old farmers has increased. This research …
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The subnational politics of structured adjustment in Argentina : the case of San Luis
… interest. The Argentine policy shift to structural adjustment under President Carlos Menem (1989-1995 and 1995-1999) was largely regarded by the literature as a successful example of radical market-oriented reforms. Despite major policy achievements, crisis and socio-political conflict in …
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The International Monetary Fund and The Global South: A Comparative Analysis
This thesis will analyze structural adjustment programs that the International Monetary Fund entered into arrangements with through three States: Indonesia, Nigeria, and Venezuela. All three States have fairly large populations and land areas, are major oil exporters, and have experienced good …
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Effects of monetary policy on macro economic performance: the case of Nigeria
… forty one years. The study further, introduces structural break to investigate the presence of a possible structural change which takes into account the effects of the Structural Adjustment Programme introduced by the Nigerian government in the 1987. The data was split into two sub-periods from …
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