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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Structural Adjustment Programs"”.
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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 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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The Political Economy of Conflict in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Côte d'Ivoire: Foreign Economic Intervention and the Spatial Distribution of Violent Conflict
… and focusing specifically on the impacts of structural adjustment programs on processes of conflict and conflict diffusion. Based on the findings of this paper, conflict in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Côte d’Ivoire can be attributed to two factors. The first of these is the establishment and …
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THE IMPACTS OF NEO-LIBERAL POLICIES ON TURKEY IN 2000-2001
… with World Bank and IMF. Especially due to the Structural Adjustment Programs and the conditions imposed by these Institutions on developing countries, the development process of these countries has been fraught with problems. Many of these countries faced severe economic crises, causing them to …
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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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Caring Work: Opening a Space of Possibility for Exploring Transnational Feminist Solidarity Between Privileged and Marginalized Women
… pushed women further into the margin of society. Structural adjustment programs (SAPs), which impose state budget cuts on healthcare and welfare programs, particularly have kept poor women and women of color in poverty and generally, have exploited women's labor. However, in this age of …
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Technical and scale efficiency in Zambia's agro-progressing industry: a firm level data envelope analysis of the 2011/2012 manufacturing census
The implementation of privatization and Structural Adjustment Programs in Zambia saw the contribution of manufacturing in GDP significantly reduce from 37.2 percent in 1992 to 8.2 percent in 2013. Efforts to revamp manufacturing have not delivered to expectations and the industrial base has …
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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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Decentralization, Democracy and Development : Examining the potential and limits of subnational empowerment
… costs of pursuing market oriented reforms or Structural Adjustment Programs in many developing countries. The growth spurts and the successive downturns delivered little on account of sustainable and inclusive growth. The nature of an ideal state, in contemporary times, can be argued to be …
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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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Climate Change and Seed Security Among Smallholder Farmers in Northern Ghana
… lingering impacts of neoliberal policies such as structural adjustment programs. In terms of adaptation to seed insecurity, farmers adopt a variety of measures, including the geographical expansion of their seed networks during times of stress. This adaptation strategy was however gendered. More …
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Economic shocks, poverty and household food insecurity in urban Zambia: an ethnographic account of Chingola
… struggling with impoverishment mainly caused by Structural Adjustment Programs (SAP). SAPs laid bare the acute vulnerability of the urban dwellers to the slightest addition al shock such as economic shocks or high food prices. In view of these effects, this study was conducted in Chingola in the …
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The study of independent African migrant women in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) : their lives and work experiences
… the consequences of the implementation of the structural adjustment programs), migrant women have learnt to use their initiative, especially in the area of small businesses. This has enabled the women to transform their financial situations in their families. Diverse strategies have been …
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Cures To Stalled Development: Causes And Solutions To Economic Crisis In Sub-saharan Africa
… Monetary Fund (IMF) economic austerity programs, the increased spread of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and the continuous democratic deficit on the sluggish economic performance within four sub-Saharan African countries – Ghana, Kenya, Botswana and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The research …