Adjustment and Poverty

The last decade has brought sharp adjustment and rising poverty for most of the developing world. Adjustment and Poverty: Options and Choices examines the major causes and results of this situation, including:

*the relationship between structural adjustment and poverty;

*the extent to which the situation was brought about by internal and/or external policies;

*the impact of the IMF and World Bank on adjusting countries;

*government tax and spending policies - with a particular focus on social sector spending;

*the possiblity of better policies in the future.