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Structural Adjustment Reconsidered

Economic Policy and Poverty in Africa

By: David E. Sahn,Paul A. Dorosh,Stephen D. Younger

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Structural Adjustment Reconsidered

Economic Policy and Poverty in Africa

By: David E. Sahn,Paul A. Dorosh,Stephen D. Younger

In this 1998 study the authors isolate the effect of specific policy measures associated with adjustment programs in ten African countries.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521665132

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9780521665131

Dominance Testing of Social Sector Expenditures and Taxes in Africa

By: Mr.David E. Sahn,Mr.Stephen D. Younger

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Dominance Testing of Social Sector Expenditures and Taxes in Africa

By: Mr.David E. Sahn,Mr.Stephen D. Younger

This paper examines the progressivity of social sector expenditures and taxes in eight sub-Saharan African countries. It uses dominance tests to determine whether health and education expenditures redistribute resources to the poor. The paper finds that social services are poorly targeted. Among the services examined, primary education tends to be most progressive, and university education is least progressive. The paper finds that many taxes are progressive as well as efficient, including some broad-based taxes such as the VAT and wage taxation. Taxes on kerosene and exports appear to be the only examples of regressive taxes.

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International Monetary Fund

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1451858558

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9781451858556

Practical Intracardiac Echocardiography in Electrophysiology

By: Jian-Fang Ren,Francis E. Marchlinski,David J. Callans,David Schwartsman

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Practical Intracardiac Echocardiography in Electrophysiology

By: Jian-Fang Ren,Francis E. Marchlinski,David J. Callans,David Schwartsman

Tremendous advances in intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) have coincided with the evolution of interventional electrophysiology. This book is designed to provide both the electrophysiologist and echocardiographer with an in-depth view of the role and value of ICE during electrophysiologic procedures. A guide to techniques used for optimal ICE imaging in cardiac electrophysiology is provided. In addition, new and less-recognized uses of ICE in electrophysiological procedures are described and their clinical applications are presented. Illustrated with over 500 images, many of which are in color, the book can also be used as a practical atlas. Readers need not be experts in the field of echocardiography to benefit from this practical approach to intracardiac imaging in electrophysiology.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470994967

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9780470994962

Historical Dictionary of The Gambia

By: Arnold Hughes,David Perfect

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Historical Dictionary of The Gambia

By: Arnold Hughes,David Perfect

The fourth edition of the Historical Dictionary of The Gambia_through its chronology, introductory essay, appendixes, map, bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, institutions, and significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects_provides an important reference on this burgeoning African country.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810862603

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9780810862609

Historical Dictionary of The Gambia

By: David Perfect

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Historical Dictionary of The Gambia

By: David Perfect

A former British colony, The Gambia became independent in 1965 and has had only three presidents since then. While The Gambia remained a very poor country under its first prime minister and then president (from 1970), Sir Dawda Jawara, democratic institutions survived, multi-party elections were free and fair, and the country’s human rights record was excellent. In contrast, there were seriously flawed elections and extensive human rights abuses under first the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council and then President Yahya Jammeh. Since Adama Barrow became president in 2017, democratic rule and fair elections have been restored, although many challenges remain; for example, the 2020 Constitution has still not been implemented. This book examines all aspects of recorded Gambian history from the 15th century, when the first European expeditions arrived, to the present. Historical Dictionary of The Gambia, Sixth Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 1,000 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about The Gambia.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538178133

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Human Rights and Structural Adjustment

By: M. Rodwan Abouharb,David Cingranelli

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Human Rights and Structural Adjustment

By: M. Rodwan Abouharb,David Cingranelli

Structural adjustment' has been a central part of the development strategy for the 'third world'. Loans made by the World Bank and the IMF have been conditional on developing countries pursuing rapid economic liberalization programmes as it was believed this would strengthen their economies in the long run. M. Rodwan Abouharb and David Cingranelli argue that, conversely, structural adjustment agreements usually cause increased hardship for the poor, greater civil conflict, and more repression of human rights, therefore resulting in a lower rate of economic development. Greater exposure to structural adjustment has increased the prevalence of anti-government protests, riots and rebellion. It has led to less respect for economic and social rights, physical integrity rights, and worker rights, but more respect for democratic rights. Based on these findings, the authors recommend a human rights-based approach to economic development.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139465961

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Economic Transition in Guinea

By: David E. Sahn

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Economic Transition in Guinea

By: David E. Sahn

In recent years, the Republic of Guinea has shed its reputation as one of the most tightly controlled state economies in Africa, leaving behind a cloistered era marked by an extraordinarily closed economic and political system. In breaking with its dismal past, Guinea has launched an ambitious program of reform which has affected the entire range of the country's institutions, regulations, and markets. Culling data from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the United Nations, and numerous interviews and previously unpublished government data, Jehan Arulpragasam and David E. Sahn here present an overview of the Guinean economy, and its evolution—from independence, through crisis, to reform—and model implications of these changes for economic performance and living standards of the poor. Highlighting the chasm between theory and practice, between well-intentioned program and problematic implementation, the authors reveal how Guinea both parallels and contradicts past experiences of economic reform in Africa. Most notably, reform in Guinea has been hindered by the weighty administrative, managerial, and logistical demands of undertaking a vast battery of economic adjustments, all in one fell swoop. The most detailed and informative study of the Guinean economy to date, Economic Transition in Guinea illustrates not only the successes of the nation's reform agenda, but also the fundamental constraints to development that often lie beyond the reach of such reform.

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NYU Press

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0814706649

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9780814706640

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Structural Adjustment Reconsidered

Structural Adjustment Reconsidered

Dominance Testing of Social Sector Expenditures and Taxes in Africa

Dominance Testing of Social Sector Expenditures and Taxes in Africa

Practical Intracardiac Echocardiography in Electrophysiology

Practical Intracardiac Echocardiography in Electrophysiology

Historical Dictionary of The Gambia

Historical Dictionary of The Gambia

Historical Dictionary of The Gambia

Historical Dictionary of The Gambia

Human Rights and Structural Adjustment

Human Rights and Structural Adjustment

Economic Transition in Guinea

Economic Transition in Guinea

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