Adjustment and poverty : options and choices / / Frances Stewart

• Autore: Stewart Frances <1940->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1995
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (266 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.9/0091722
• Soggetto topico: Structural adjustment (Economic policy) - Developing countries; Poverty - Developing countries
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-231) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminaries; Contents; List of diagrams charts and tables; Series editor's preface; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The impact of macro-adjustment policies on the incomes of the poor-a review of alternative approaches; 3 Meso policy choices and the poor; 4 Food subsidies: two errors of targeting; 5 Adjustment and social funds; 6 Structural adjustment policies and the poor in Africa; 7 The Latin American and Caribbean story; 8 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The oil crisis of the 1970's and the recession of the 1980's set in motion a chain of events which had particularly serious consequences for the developing countries. In this text, the author examines the major causes and results of the situation, focusing mainly on Africa and Latin America.
• Titolo autorizzato: Adjustment and poverty
• ISBN: 1-134-80370-2; 1-134-80371-0; 1-280-15023-8; 0-203-97640-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910961175203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Priorities for development economics.