[PDF] Structural Adjustment eBook

Author : P. Thandika Mkandawire
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 34,34 MB
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 155250204X

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Our Continent, Our Future presents the emerging African perspective on this complex issue. The authors use as background their own extensive experience and a collection of 30 individual studies, 25 of which were from African economists, to summarize this African perspective and articulate a path for the future. They underscore the need to be sensitive to each country's unique history and current condition. They argue for a broader policy agenda and for a much more active role for the state within what is largely a market economy. Finally, they stress that Africa must, and can, compete in an increasingly globalized world and, perhaps most importantly, that Africans must assume the leading role in defining the continent's development agenda.

Author : Giles Mohan
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 28,62 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415125215

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Focusing on Africa, Latin America and Asia, examines the origins, impacts and alternatives to the structural adjsutment programmes.

Author : Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 13,71 MB
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 1351809571

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This title was first published in 2001: Bringing together geographers, planners, political scientists, economists, rural development specialists, bankers, public administrators and other development experts, this volume questions the benefits of Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs). It critically assesses the impact of SAPs from a wider perspective than a purely economic one, highlighting concerns about impacts of adjustments on the more vulnerable elements of society such as social welfare, the environment, labour, gender and agriculture. Revealing both the costs and benefits of the economic restructuring programme, the book also suggests alternatives to current development models, and how SAPs can be made more sustainable. An original and comprehensive addition to the collections of both students and practitioners of development.

Author : David Reed
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 13,40 MB
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1134048181

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This is a pioneering study which should serve as a model for future research and will to a wide audience' Dharam Ghai, Director United Nations Research Institute for Social Development Structural Adjustment and the Environment (Earthscan, 1992) was the first book to fully examine the effects of 'structural adjustment programmes the economic reform policies required by the World Bank and IMF as part of their lending operations with borrowing countries. To widespread Critical acclaim it exposed the damaging environmental and social effects of structural adjustment policies, and called for a thorough revision of the then-current development policy. This new work; Structural Adjustment, the Environment and sustainable Development is a major step forward in the study of structural adjustment policies. It looks in detail at new research and analysis into their effects, and incorporates recent studies by a wide range of academics and policy-makers, leading experts and institutes. Focusing on nine in-depth case studies, the book examines the complex links between macroeconomic policies, social impacts and environmental outcomes, and takes a forward-looking perspective in outlining the alternatives to current structural adjustment policies. Review quotes for Structural Adjustment and the Environment 'Should be essential reading for all students of development' Third World Planning Review 'Breaks new ground in the debate on structural adjustment generally. and in the environment/development debate' International Affairs 'The most substantial contribution to date to what is undoubtedly an important area' Development and Change David Reed is director of the Macroeconomics for Sustainable Development Programme of WWF International, and editor of Structural Adjustment and the Environment (Earthscan, 1992). Originally published in 1996

Author : Ed Brown
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 37,59 MB
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 1135099529

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Structural Adjustment: Theory, Practice and Impacts examines the problems associated with Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) and reveals the damaging impacts they can have. The book looks at how the debt crisis of the 1970's forced developing countries to seek external help and then reviews what constitutes as a standard adjustment programme, detailing the political, economic, social and environmental impacts of SAPs. The final section draws together theories and political responses and presents a case for alternatives to the programmes.

Author : Kempe Ronald Hope
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 41,98 MB
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0429686757

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First published in 1997, this volume is intended to make a contribution to both the literature and the contentious debate on the relationship between structural adjustment and reconstruction and development in Africa, as seen from the multidisciplinary perspective of academics and practitioners working in Africa on African development problems and issues. The implementation of structural adjustment in Africa has spawned a considerable, and still on-going, debate with vociferous advocates on both sides of the issue, particularly with respect to the efficacy of structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) as an antidote to Africa’s development crisis. This book contributes to that debate with a rich mixture of analytical views and ideas covering a wide range of countries and sectors on the role and impact of structural adjustment programmes on the process of reconstruction and development in Africa.

Author : Nicolas Van de Walle
Publisher : Springer
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,62 MB
Release : 2006-08-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1403981280

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As the World Bank famously put it back in 1989, 'underlying the litany of Africa's development problems is a crisis of governance.' This is a collection of authoritative essays bringing together prominent Africanists in political science and public administration to look at the role of governance in African development. The goal of the book is to move beyond the status quo debates about 'structural adjustment' and to look at all the public and civic institutions which are likely to play a critical role if Africa is to overcome its economic crisis.

Author : Daniel Schydlowsky
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 16,20 MB
Release : 1995-05-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :

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Reviews the experience of structural adjustment programmes of the 1980s and gives prospects for policy reforms for the 1990s.

Author : Sanjaya Lall
Publisher : Springer
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 33,43 MB
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1349139254

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The process of capability development is central to industrialization, but the current literature focuses on the advanced developing countries. This book, based on a World Bank sponsored study of enterprise development in Ghana, is the first to examine in detail how firms in least developed countries in Africa acquire technological capabilities. It analyses why Ghanaian firms are generally relatively uncompetitive, why some firms are better than others, and how the structural adjustment is affecting manufacturing development.

Author : Dean Baker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 16,59 MB
Release : 1998-11-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521643764

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Prominent economists analyze the impact of the emerging global economy on national sovereignty and standards of living.