Structural Adjustment and Beyond
Long-term Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Published on 1. January 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-85255-150-9 (ISBN)
Description
The period since 1980 has been called the structural adjustment decade. A great deal has been learnt during this decade of the need to adapt the policies of adjustment and to apply them in appropriate ways in different situations.This book brings together the theory of the researchers and the practical experience of the policy makers. They focus on concrete research findings in both francophone and anglophone Africa and draw out the long term implicationsfor future policy and research.
Reviews / Votes
Readers will find a refreshing transparency in methodological discussions, a broadened analytic agenda to include governance, and a lengthened time frame in which to consider impact. -- K. Staudt * CHOICE * ...detailed and balanced critique. * WORLDAWARE *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-85255-150-9 (9780852551509)
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Content
Introduction & Overview by R. Van Der Hoeven & F. Van Der Kraaij - Keynote Address by K. Malima - PART I: TH E UNDERLYING RATIONALE FOR STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT POLICIES - Structural Adjustment: Context, Assumptions, Origin &; Diversity by J. Toye - The Political Economy of Structur al Adjustement: An External Perspective by W. Wapenhans - PART II: THE MACROECONOMIC EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURAL ADJ USTMENT PROGRAMMES - The State of Research on the Macroeco nomic Effectiveness of Structural Adjustment Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa by S. Ibi Ajay - Decomposing the Effec ts of Structural Adjustment: The Case of Sub-Saharan Afric a by P. Mosley - PART III: THE SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES AND POL ITICAL DIMENSIONS OF ADJUSTMENT - The Uncertain Distributo nal Impact of Structural Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa by J.-P. Azam - Structural Adjustment & Poverty Allevi ation: Some Issues on the Use of Social Safety Nets & Targeted Public Expenditures by V. Seshmani - The Politica l Conditions of Adjustment in Africa 1980-90 by C. Morriss on, J.-D. Lafay & S. Dessus - PART IV - STRUCTURAL ADJ USTMENT & LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES - Structu ral Adjustment and the Long-Term Development of Sub-Sahara n Africa by I. Husain - PART V: DISCUSSION & CONCLUSIO NS - Discussion and Conclusions by R. Van Der Hoeven & F. Van Der Kraaij - Epilogue by J. Pronk & F. Van Der Kraaij - APPENDICES by W. Van Der Geest, Peter Valk & F. Van Der Kraaij