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Front Cover 1 Structural adjustment 4 Copyright Page 5 Contents 6 List of illustrations 10 Notes on contributors 12 Preface and prospectus 14 Abbreviations 20 Part I Histories and theories of adjustment 22 Introduction 22 1 The long road to structural adjustment 24 Introduction 24 The post-colonial state and the imperative for reform 25 The debt crisis 32 The Bretton Woods Institutions, the Third World and the neo-liberal consensus 35 Conclusion 40 2 What is structural adjustment? 45 Introduction 45 The development of structural adjustment 45 The role of the international financial institutions 47 The neo-classical paradigm 49 The policy options 54 Critique of the neo-classical model 56 Conclusion 58 Part II Adjustment in practice 60 Introduction 60 3 The macro-economic impacts of structural adjustment 62 Introduction 62 General trends in economic performance 62 Policy reforms and outcomes 63 Conclusion 79 4 Social consequences of structural adjustment 80 Introduction 80 The effects of SAPs on poverty and well-being 81 Locating winners and losers 84 SAPs and the gender gap 85 Coping with adjustment 87 SAPs and poverty alleviation 90 Conclusion 94 5 Contested sovereignty and democra

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Author

Giles Mohan, Ed Brown, Bob Milward and Alfred B.Zack-williams

Published

2006

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction