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Book Social Dimensions of Adjustment  SDA

Download or read book Social Dimensions of Adjustment SDA written by Zimbabwe and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Social Dimensions of Adjustment  SDA  Project

Download or read book The Social Dimensions of Adjustment SDA Project written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Social Dimensions of Adjustment  SDA  Project

Download or read book The Social Dimensions of Adjustment SDA Project written by Enrique Lerdau and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Social Dimensions of Adjustment in Africa

Download or read book The Social Dimensions of Adjustment in Africa written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Adjustment and Social Sector Restructuring

Download or read book Adjustment and Social Sector Restructuring written by Jessica M. Vivian and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social policy in developing countries has been substantially affected in recent years by economic crisis and structural adjustment, and perhaps more importantly, by the ascendance of neo-liberal ideology. By the late 1980s, the adverse effects of adjustment had become clear, and the resulting political opposition led many governments and their external supporters to design programmes meant to 'mitigate the social costs' of adjustment. The most visible of these are the 'social fund' or 'safety net' measures intended not only to address the social impacts of adjustment, but also to improve their social and political acceptability. In addition, they are seen by some as providing a model for new, more efficient and effective means of providing social service. This volume examines the goals, assumptions, impacts and possible long-term outcomes of social policy trends in developing countries.

Book The Social Dimensions of Adjustment Priority Survey

Download or read book The Social Dimensions of Adjustment Priority Survey written by Christiaan Grootaert and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1991 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Poverty and the Social Dimensions of Structural Adjustment in C  te D Ivoire

Download or read book Poverty and the Social Dimensions of Structural Adjustment in C te D Ivoire written by S. M. Ravi Kanbur and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1980s, many developing countries have entered into an explicit process of structural adjustment. The need for such adjustment has been brought about through combinations of external and internal shocks which have led to unsustainable external deficits. Adjustment is not costless. It calls for changes in the composition of output, with more emphasis being placed on exports, and an outward looking strategy. Therefore, there will be distributional effects with both gainers and losers. Who are the likely losers? Are they already in poverty? If so, how can the adjustment process be managed so as to protect them? This paper addresses these questions by putting forward a conceptual framework and implementing it for the specific case of Cote d'Ivoire. This paper is divided into five sections : 1) lays out the conceptual framework of analysis at the macro and micro level; 2) reviews the structural adjustment program in order to highlight salient features that relate to poverty alleviation; 3) develops an empirical poverty profile for 1985; 4) attempts to link the macroeconomic developments of 1980-85 to poverty; and finally 5) looks ahead and draws out some policy conclusions for future design of structural adjustment loans (SALs).

Book The Social Dimensions of Adjustment

Download or read book The Social Dimensions of Adjustment written by Weltbank and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inevitable as structural adjustment has been, and successful as it might be, the engagement with poverty in Africa is going to be a long-term affair. If growth does not restart, the reverse trickle-down may further jeopardize the most vulnerable groups in the population, involving high transitional costs of adjustment. Those costs arise from the reduction in real incomes engendered by tighter monetary and fiscal policies, from increased unemployment resulting from lags in supply responses, from price adjustment in product and factor markets, and from reduced availability of social services following the contraction of public expenditures. The Social Dimensions of Adjustment (SDA) program is to be reviewed as a strategic reaction to that nascent concern about the position of the poor in the process of structural adjustment. It is seen as a catalyst of effective action aimed at poverty reduction in the framework of structural adjustment programs. SDA delineated four components: analytical research, information gathering, social action programs, and institution building and training. This paper examines each of the major SDA components and attempts to elaborate on the distinction between conjunctural (adjustment-vulnerable) and structural (long-term) poor and incorporates a high level of analysis as well as specific innovations which are likely to withstand the test of time professionally.

Book Making Adjustment Work for the Poor

Download or read book Making Adjustment Work for the Poor written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 special institution building effort is being launched to strengthen national capability for policy analysis and project identification, preparation and implementation. 2) country-specific studies dealing with poverty alleviation and economic policy are being undertaken. 3) developing an adequate data base for analysis of social issues and formulating socioeconomic policy through monitoring surveys and integrated household surveys. 4) improving the understanding of the links among conceptual, empirical, and policy issues involved in the integration of social and economic policies and programs. This report deals mostly with the last track. The objective is to provide guidance to researchers and practioners in assembling and anlyzing the necessary data in order to achieve the objectives of the SDA initiative. It then explores the major policy issues that must be faced by governments to integrate social dimensions in the design of their structural adjustment programs and development plans.

Book Socioeconomic Stress  Health and Child Nutritional Status in Zimbabwe at a Time of Economic Structural Adjustment

Download or read book Socioeconomic Stress Health and Child Nutritional Status in Zimbabwe at a Time of Economic Structural Adjustment written by Leon A. Bijlmakers and published by Nordic Africa Institute. This book was released on 1998 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The exact implications of implementing structural adjustment in the social sector in Africa have been hotly disputed and have polarized researchers. Using an empirically-grounded longitudinal study of urban and rural households in Zimbabwe, this report examines the consequences of market-based economic reforms. It focuses on observed changes in the household economy in urban and rural Zimbabwe. The study offers extensive documentation and analysis of shifts in the health status and behavior of the people, as well as changes in health outcomes, especially as they relate to nutritional status and child mortality. The authors make the case for policy reforms that could safeguard the health and well-being of people at a time of continuing economic decline.

Book Education and Adjustment

Download or read book Education and Adjustment written by Andrew Noss and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1991 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There appears to be a casual link between adjustment and education but the nature of the link varies widely and is poorly understood. More monitoring, research, and analysis are needed.

Book Health and Structural Adjustment in Rural and Urban Zimbabwe

Download or read book Health and Structural Adjustment in Rural and Urban Zimbabwe written by Leon A. Bijlmakers and published by Nordic Africa Institute. This book was released on 1996 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Transnational Social Policies

    Book Details:
  • Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
  • Publisher : IDRC
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN : 0889368546
  • Pages : 230 pages

Download or read book Transnational Social Policies written by International Development Research Centre (Canada) and published by IDRC. This book was released on 1999 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relationships between social policy and human development are the subject of much research and theorizing. The literature in this area, however, examines these issues strictly within national contexts. What influence will international agendas such as NAFTA, the World Summit for Social Development, and Habitat II have? Transnational Social Policies specifically addresses the worldwide trend for national policies on human and social development to be increasingly influenced by agendas that are international, or "transnational," in nature. In doing so, the book examines the underlying international developmental, ethical, economic, and political issues shaping national policies in health, education, and employment in the developing world. This book's focus on the "transnational" character of the social policy debate makes it a truly unique and original contribution to the literature. It will appeal to the academic community, worldwide, in international development, public policy and administration, and social work; policymakers, researchers, and practitioners in the field of public (social) policy; and the international community of individuals and organizations working in international social development.

Book Zimbabwe

    Book Details:
  • Author : Hevina Smith Dashwood
  • Publisher : University of Toronto Press
  • Release : 2000-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780802082268
  • Pages : 266 pages

Download or read book Zimbabwe written by Hevina Smith Dashwood and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dashwood argues that it was the class interests of the ruling elite of Zimbabwethat explains the failure of the government to devise a coherent, socially sensitive development strategy in conjunction with market-based reforms.