Structural Adjustment And The Environment

by David Reed

Overview

This book focuses on the environmental impacts of structural adjustment in specific developing countries and assesses the contribution of policy-based lending to putting countries on a sustainable development path.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367304461
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/31/2024
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

David Reed

Table of Contents

Foreword — Introduction — The Structural Adjustment Experience of the 1980s — Diverging Views on the Adjustment Decade — Case Study for Côte D'Ivoire — Case Study for Mexico — Case Study for Thailand — Conclusions — Recommendations — Methodologies Used in the Analysis of Macroeconomy-Environment Links — Summary Tables

Editorial Reviews

During the 1980s the World Bank loaned over $28.5 billion for structural adjustment programs in developing countries. This volume, produced by the World Wide Fund for Nature, explores the results of these programs and arrives at the disturbing conclusion that structural adjustment lending has failed both to protect the environment and to achieve sustainable development. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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