Borrower Ownership Of Adjustment Programs And The Political Economy Of Reform
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Borrower Ownership Of Adjustment Programs And The Political Economy Of Reform
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Author : John H. Johnson
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 1993-01-01
Borrower Ownership Of Adjustment Programs And The Political Economy Of Reform written by John H. Johnson and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-01-01 with Business & Economics categories.
China has done much to reform its price system, achieve macroeconomic stability, and restore growth. Nevertheless, price distortions remain in three key areas. This study suggests further price reforms for the energy, grain, and transport sectors. It explains why energy price adjustments should have only a modest effect on consumer prices, but a highly positive effect on the economy. It discusses why China may have to reduce consumer subsidies to achieve the necessary reforms for grain prices. The study describes what the government must do to strengthen commodity markets, generate competition, and make allowances for seasonal price variations. China's transport sector has been a critical development bottleneck. The paper reviews tariff adjustments and other reforms that would modernize the transport system and help it meet growing demand. These reforms also would encourage energy conservation and help integrate the national economy.
Structural And Sectoral Adjustment
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Author : Carl Jayarajah
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 1995-01-01
Structural And Sectoral Adjustment written by Carl Jayarajah and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01-01 with Business & Economics categories.
World Bank Discussion Paper No. 290. Draws on the lessons of experience of developing countries in decentralizing infrastructure and provides new empirical evidence on the quantitative and qualitative effects of decentralization. This collection of five papers highlights the lessons of the World Bank's research and experience on the linkages between infrastructure and decentralization. The paper provides: - A summary of the lessons from World Bank experience, giving a general review of the importance of the decentralization of infrastructure - A review of the institutional aspects of decentralization and their implications for policy design - An empirical assessment of the consequences of decentralization for expenditure levels and performance in infrastructure - An outline for a research agenda on decentralization in light of recent developments in the theory of the firm. - The authors conclude that some degree of decentralization will improve performance in certain areas of infrastructure such as roads and electricity.
The Political Economy Of Fiscal Reform In Central Eastern Europe
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Author : Frank Bönker
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2006-01-01
The Political Economy Of Fiscal Reform In Central Eastern Europe written by Frank Bönker and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with Business & Economics categories.
'Frank Bönker has done a masterful job. . . This is probably the best book available on this important subject. and its significance is not limited to studies of postcommunist societies. It has important theoretical implications for everyone interested in the Political Economy of Policy Reform perspective within the field of comparative political economy.' - John L. Campbell, Slavic Review
Deep Crises And Reform
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Author : Michael Bruno
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 1996-01-01
Deep Crises And Reform written by Michael Bruno and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-01 with Business & Economics categories.
This paper was first presented as my address, as president, to the 1995 Congress of the International Economic Association in Tunis.
The Globalizers
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Author : Ngaire Woods
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2014-11-15
The Globalizers written by Ngaire Woods and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-15 with Political Science categories.
The IMF and the World Bank have integrated a large number of countries into the world economy by requiring governments to open up to global trade, investment, and capital. They have not done this out of pure economic zeal. Politics and their own rules and habits explain much of why they have presented globalization as a solution to challenges they have faced in the world economy.—from the Introduction The greatest success of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank has been as globalizers. But at whose cost? Would borrowing countries be better off without the IMF and World Bank? This book takes readers inside these institutions and the governments they work with. Ngaire Woods brilliantly decodes what they do and why they do it, using original research, extensive interviews carried out across many countries and institutions, and scholarship from the fields of economics, law, and politics. The Globalizers focuses on both the political context of IMF and World Bank actions and their impact on the countries in which they intervene. After describing the important debates between U.S. planners and the Allies in the 1944 foundation at Bretton Woods, she analyzes understandings of their missions over the last quarter century. She traces the impact of the Bank and the Fund in the recent economic history of Mexico, of post-Soviet Russia, and in the independent states of Africa. Woods concludes by proposing a range of reforms that would make the World Bank and the IMF more effective, equitable, and just.
Aid And The Political Economy Of Policy Change
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Author : Tony Killick
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 1998-09-24
Aid And The Political Economy Of Policy Change written by Tony Killick and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-09-24 with Business & Economics categories.
This volume looks at the effectiveness of conditionality in structural adjustment programmes. Tony Killick charts the emergence of conditionality, and challenges the widely held assumption that it is a co-operative process, arguing that in fact it tends to be coercive and detrimental to development objectives. Through detailed case studies of twenty one recipient countries, he explores the key issues of: * ownership * role of agencies * government objectives and the effects of policy. The conclusion is that conditionality has been counterproductive to price stability, economic growth and investment.
The Politics Of Aid
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Author : Lindsay Whitfield
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2008-11-27
The Politics Of Aid written by Lindsay Whitfield and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-27 with Political Science categories.
This book presents an original approach to understanding the relationship between official aid agencies and aid-receiving African governments. The first part provides a challenge to the hazy official claims of aid donors that they have stopped trying to force African governments to do what 'we' think is best for 'them' and instead are now promoting African 'ownership' of the policies and projects which foreign aid supports. The authors tease out the multiple meanings of the term 'ownership', demonstrating why it became popular when it did, but also the limits to this discourse of ownership observed in aid practices. The authors set out to defend a particular vision of ownership-one that involves African governments taking back control of their development policies and priorities. Based largely on interviews with the people who do the negotiating on both sides of the aid relationship, the country case studies put the rhetoric of the new aid system to a more practical test. The authors ask how donors seek to achieve their policy objectives without being seen to push too hard, what preconditions they place on transferring authority to African governments, and what effect the constant discussions over development policy have on state institutions, democracy and political culture in recipient countries. It investigates the strategies that African states have adopted to advance their objectives in aid negotiations and how successful their efforts have been. Comparing the country experiences, it points out the conditions accounting for the varying success of eight African countries: Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia. It concludes by asking whether the conditions African countries face in aid negotiations are changing.
The Imf World Bank And Policy Reform
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Author : Alberto Paloni
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-10-12
The Imf World Bank And Policy Reform written by Alberto Paloni and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-12 with Business & Economics categories.
Features top contributors including Graham Bird, Oliver Morrissey and Tony Killick Previous books on this topic have sold well almost without exception A huge range of countries are studied with equal weight given to Asia, Latin America and Africa
Aid And Reform In Africa
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Author : Shantayanan Devarajan
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2001-01-01
Aid And Reform In Africa written by Shantayanan Devarajan and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with Business & Economics categories.
Finally, when the country enters the second generation of reforms, such as public sector institutional reform, short-term, conditionality-based aid can once again be harmful - by reducing ownership, participation, and sustainability of the reform process."--BOOK JACKET.
The Political Dimension Of Economic Growth
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Author : Silvio Borner
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1998-04-12
The Political Dimension Of Economic Growth written by Silvio Borner and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-04-12 with Political Science categories.
The state and its institutions are crucial for economic development: for better and for worse. This insight informs this important, up-to-date and authoritative survey of new trends in growth economics and the widely divergent economic performance of developing countries - for example, between Latin America and South-east Asia - which seemed to be similarly placed just a generation ago. The decisive role of the political dimension in economic growth seems clear but there are many challenges to be met in getting an analytical handle on the precise determinants and in testing empirically for this. This is the challenge taken up by the international team of contributors.