Adjustment and poverty : options and choices /

Adjustment and poverty : options and choices /

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Author / Creator:	Stewart, Frances, 1940-
Imprint:	London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 243 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Priorities for development economics Priorities for development economics.
Subject:	World Bank -- Developing countries. International Monetary Fund -- Developing countries. International Monetary Fund. World Bank. Structural adjustment (Economic policy) -- Developing countries. Poverty -- Developing countries. Poverty. Structural adjustment (Economic policy) Developing countries. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11170980

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ISBN:	0203976401 9780203976401 9786610150236 6610150230 9780415091343 0415091349 9780415124362 0415124360 0415091349 0415124360
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-231) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Annotation Do the structural adjustment policies of the World Bank/ IMF make the World's poorest people even poorer? Frances Stewart was one of the first people to start this debate with her book Adjustment with a Human Face. Returning to the subject half a decade latter she critically analyses the extent to which things have changed for the better.
Other form:	Print version: Stewart, Frances, 1940- Adjustment and poverty. London ; New York : Routledge, 1995

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Summary:	The last decade has brought sharp adjustment and rising poverty for most of the developing world. Adjustment and Poverty: Options and Choices examines the major causes and results of this situation, including:<br> <br> the relationship between structural adjustment and poverty;<br> the extent to which the situation was brought about by internal and/or external policies;<br> the impact of the IMF and World Bank on adjusting countries;<br> government tax and spending policies - with a particular focus on social sector spending;<br> *the possiblity of better policies in the future.<br>
Physical Description:	1 online resource (x, 243 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-231) and index.
ISBN:	0203976401 9780203976401 9786610150236 6610150230 9780415091343 0415091349 9780415124362 0415124360