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The Effect of International Monetary Fund and World Bank Programs on Poverty

Structural adjustment - as measured by the number of adjustment loans from the IMF, and the World Bank - reduces the growth elasticity of poverty reduction. The author finds no evidence for structural adjustment having a direct effect on growth. Th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Easterly, William
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ABSOLUTE VALUE
ADJUSTMENT LENDING
ADJUSTMENT LOANS
ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMMES
AGGREGATE OUTPUT
AVERAGE GROWTH
BLACK MARKET
BLACK MARKET PREMIUM
BUDGET DEFICITS
COUNTERFACTUAL
CREDITS
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DISTORTION
DOMESTIC CREDIT
ECONOMIC CONTRACTION
ECONOMIC CONTRACTIONS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
GINI COEFFICIENT
GROWTH ELASTICITY
GROWTH RATE
HIGH ELASTICITY
HIGH INEQUALITY
HIGH POVERTY
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME SMOOTHING
INFLATION
INSURANCE
LABOR MARKET
LOG CHANGE
LOW INEQUALITY
LOW SHARE
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MACRO POLICY
MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK
MEAN GROWTH
MEAN INCOME
MEAN INCOME GROWTH
NEGATIVE EFFECT
NEGATIVE SIGN
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY CHANGES
POLICY ISSUES
POLICY MEASURES
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY VARIABLES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POVERTY CHANGE
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCING
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
PRO- POOR
PRO-POOR
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REDUCING POVERTY
RELATIVE PRICES
SAFETY NETS
SECTOR ACTIVITIES
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
STATE ENTERPRISES
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT LOANS
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PACKAGES
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT REFORMS
TAXATION
WEALTH
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/888122/effect-international-monetary-fund-world-bank-programs-poverty
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19722

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/888122/effect-international-monetary-fund-world-bank-programs-poverty
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19722

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