Making adjustment work for the poor : a framework for policy reform in Africa /

This document was written as part of the work undertaken under the Social Dimensions of Adjustment (SDA) Program in Africa. The program aims at thoroughly integrating social dimensions into economic and financial decision-making. To do so, it pursues several parallel tracks. 1) within each country a...

• Other Authors: Addison, Tony, Demery, Lionel, Ferroni, Marco A, Round, Jeffery Ian
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 1990
• Subjects: ALIVIO DE LA POBREZA; DISTRIBUCION DEL INGRESO; POLITICA ECONOMICA; AFRICA; MITIGACION DE LA POBREZA; REDUCCION DE LA POBREZA

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Executive summary
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Macroeconomic disequilibrium
• 3. Adjustment
• 4. The determinants of welfare
• 5. The effects of destabilization and adjustment on households
• 6. Data and analysis implications
• 7. Strategic policy issues
• 8. Designing poverty-sensitive adjustment programs
• Concluding perspective
• Appendix: the social accounting matrix
• Endnotes
• Bibliography.