Structural and sectoral adjustment : World Bank experience, 1980-92

This study analyzes the outcomes of 99 loans to 42 countries over the period 1980-92. It evaluates and compares individual country experiences, based primarily on The Operations Evaluation Department (OED ' s) in-depth performance audits of the structural and sectoral adjustment lending (SALs a...

• Main Author: Jayarajah, Carl A B
• Other Authors: Branson, William H
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C World Bank 1995
• Subjects: 1980-1992; AJUSTE ESTRUCTURAL; POLITICA ECONOMICA; REFORMA ESTRUCTURAL; REFORMA TRIBUTARIA; EMPRESAS PUBLICAS; BANCO MUNDIAL; SECTOR INDUSTRIAL; SECTOR AGROPECUARIO; COOPERACION TECNICA; PAISES EN DESARROLLO; POLITICA DE ESTABILIZACION > TERCER MUNDO > ASISTENCIA TECNICA > SECTOR AGRICOLA > SECTOR PECUARIO > SECTOR SECUNDARIO > BIRF > REFORMA FISCAL

Table of Contents:

• Contenido: Foreword
• Prefacio
• Préface
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations and acronyms
• 1. Background
• Pt. 1. Macroeconomic policy, structural reforms, and their impact
• 2. Macroeconomic policy
• 3. Microeconomic aspects of fiscal reforms
• 4. Financial sector reforms
• 5. Public enterprise reforms
• 6. The social impact of adjustment
• Pt. 2. Adjustment loans and sector reforms
• 7. Adjustment programs in the industrial sector
• 8. The agricultural sector
• 9. The energy sector
• Pt. 3. Management and capacity building for SALs and SECALs
• 10. Borrower ownership of adjustment programs, and the political economy of reform
• 11. Technical asistance and adjustment loans
• 12. The Bank's role in supporting adjustment operations
• Annexes
• Tables
• Figures
• Boxes