Structural Adjustments And Their Effects: Is There A Way Out For Africa?

Eunice Ofori

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Abstract: The IMF and World Bank have over the years gained a stronghold in African economic policies. This is mainly due to the borrowing and lending relationship between the continent and these sister organizations. This paper seeks to address the negative effects that the IMF imposed Structural Adjustment policies have on the struggling economies of African countries and propose a solution to this problem. The paper also seeks to explore possible alternatives to taking IMF, World Bank loans and gives examples of countries who have explored such options successfully.

Keywords: International Monetary Fund (IMF); the World Bank(WB); Structural Adjustment Programs; loans. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F34 F35 H81 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-09-12, Revised 2009-09-16
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