| Adjustment and Poverty: Options and Choices Contributor(s): Stewart, Frances (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415091349 ISBN-13: 9780415091343 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Business & Economics | Economics - General |
| Dewey: 338.900 |
| LCCN: 94046809 |
| Series: Priorities for Development Economics |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.18 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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: *the relationship between structural adjustment and poverty;*the extent to which the situation was brought about by internal and/or external policies; *the impact of the IMF and World Bank on adjusting countries; *government tax and spending policies - with a particular focus on social sector spending; *the possiblity of better policies in the future. |