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Structural adjustment in developing countries

Publications

Africa's Recovery in the 1990s: From stagnation and adjustment to human development
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Africa's Recovery in the 1990s: From stagnation and adjustment to human development

Changes in Health Care Financing and Health Status: The case of China in the 1980s
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Changes in Health Care Financing and Health Status: The case of China in the 1980s

The Distributive Impact of Fiscal and Labour Market Policies: Chile's 1990-1991 Reforms
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The Distributive Impact of Fiscal and Labour Market Policies: Chile's 1990-1991 Reforms

The Economics of Disarmament: Prospects, problems and policies for the disarmament dividend
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The Economics of Disarmament: Prospects, problems and policies for the disarmament dividend

Ecuador: Crisis, adjustment and social policy in the 1980s
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Ecuador: Crisis, adjustment and social policy in the 1980s

Education and the Market: Which parts of the neo-liberal solution are correct?
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Education and the Market: Which parts of the neo-liberal solution are correct?

Eradicating Child Malnutrition: Thailand's health, nutrition and poverty alleviation policy in the 1980s
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Eradicating Child Malnutrition: Thailand's health, nutrition and poverty alleviation policy in the 1980s

External Debt, Fiscal Drainage and Child Welfare: Trends and policy proposals
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External Debt, Fiscal Drainage and Child Welfare: Trends and policy proposals

Fiscal Shock, Wage Compression and Structural Reform: Mexican adjustment and educational policy in the 1980s
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Fiscal Shock, Wage Compression and Structural Reform: Mexican adjustment and educational policy in the 1980s

The Impact of Economic Crisis and Adjustment on Health Care in Mexico
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The Impact of Economic Crisis and Adjustment on Health Care in Mexico

The Impact of Self-imposed Adjustment: The Case of Burkina Faso, 1983-1989
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The Impact of Self-imposed Adjustment: The Case of Burkina Faso, 1983-1989

Is Adjustment Conducive to Long-Term Development? The case of Africa in the 1980s
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Is Adjustment Conducive to Long-Term Development? The case of Africa in the 1980s

Liberalisation for Development: Zimbabwe's adjustment without the fund
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Liberalisation for Development: Zimbabwe's adjustment without the fund

Patterns of Government Expenditures in Developing Countries during the 1980s: The impact on social services
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Patterns of Government Expenditures in Developing Countries during the 1980s: The impact on social services

Policy and Capital Market Constraints to the African Green Revolution: A study of maize and sorghum yields in Kenya, Malawi and Zimbabwe
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Policy and Capital Market Constraints to the African Green Revolution: A study of maize and sorghum yields in Kenya, Malawi and Zimbabwe

Structural Adjustment, Growth and Human Welfare: The case of Niger, 1982-1989
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Structural Adjustment, Growth and Human Welfare: The case of Niger, 1982-1989

Two Errors of Targeting
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Two Errors of Targeting

This paper is the product of the authors’ detailed study of food intervention programmes in nine countries. It identifies the imperfections common to all such schemes, finding that most can be brought under two headings - the ‘two errors’ of the title.