Adjustment and poverty : options and choices / Frances Stewart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stewart, Frances, 1940-

Series:

Priorities for development economics.

Priorities for development economics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Bank--Developing countries.

World Bank.

International Monetary Fund--Developing countries.

International Monetary Fund.

Structural adjustment (Economic policy)--Developing countries.

Structural adjustment (Economic policy).

Poverty--Developing countries.

Poverty.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The oil crisis of the 1970's and the recession of the 1980's 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.

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;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-231) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-80370-2

1-134-80371-0

1-280-15023-8

0-203-97640-1

9780203976401

OCLC:

275283773