How adjustment programs can help the poor : the World Bank's experience (English)

Experience has proven that an orderly adjustment process designed to establish a new equilibrium growth path is indispensible for improving the longer-term position of the poor. Some adjustment measures can affect the poor adversely. The most common way of addressing the adverse impact of adjustment has been the implementation of targeted compensatory programs. Such programs can compensate those affected directly by adjustment or provide temporary...

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Ribe,Helena G.;

Carvalho,Soniya;

NICHOLS, PETER ROYALL;

Zuckerman,Elaine B.;

Liebenthal,Robert B.;
Document Date
1990/01/31
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Publication
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WDP71
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1
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1
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2010/07/01
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How adjustment programs can help the poor : the World Bank's experience
Keywords
adjustment program

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Ribe,Helena G.; Carvalho,Soniya; NICHOLS, PETER ROYALL; Zuckerman,Elaine B.; Liebenthal,Robert B..

How adjustment programs can help the poor : the World Bank's experience (English). World Bank discussion papers ; no. WDP 71 Washington, D.C. : The World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/220281468739231848

How adjustment programs can help the poor : the World Bank's experience (English)

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