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Record Nr.

UNINA9910495881903321

Autore

Broad Robin

Titolo

Unequal Alliance : The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the Philippines / / Robin Broad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1988]

©1988

ISBN

1-282-35566-X

0-520-90997-6

9786612355660

0-585-11211-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Collana

Studies in International Political Economy ; ; 19

Disciplina

332.1/52

Soggetti

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General

Philippines Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. 239-337.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Searching for a Role: The Early Years -- 3. Maturation: Bank and Fund Centerstage -- 4. Negotiating Adjustment: The Industrial Sector -- 5. Adjustment in Action -- 6. Slicing the Economic Pie -- 7. Industrialization and the Financial Sector -- 8. Reshaping the Philippines' Political Economy -- 9. Export-Oriented Industrialization: An Assessment -- 10. Things Fall Apart: The Rise of Debt, the Fall of Marcos, and the Opportunity for Change -- Notes -- List of Persons Interviewed -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this seminal work, U.S. development specialist Robin Broad chronicles the Philippine experiment with the structural adjustment model of development espoused by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.