Adjustment and Poverty : Options and Choices.

The oil crisis of the 1970s and the recession of the 1980s set in motion a chain of events which had particularly serious consequences for the developing countries. In this text, the author examines the major causes and results of the situation, focusing mainly on Africa and Latin America.

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Main Author: Stewart, Frances
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Routledge, 1995
Series:Priorities for development economics.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Preliminaries; Contents; List of diagrams charts and tables; Series editor's preface; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The impact of macro-adjustment policies on the incomes of the poor-a review of alternative approaches; 3 Meso policy choices and the poor; 4 Food subsidies: two errors of targeting; 5 Adjustment and social funds; 6 Structural adjustment policies and the poor in Africa; 7 The Latin American and Caribbean story; 8 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.