The Social Dimensions of Adjustment : A General Assessment

Inevitable as structural adjustment has been, and successful as it might be, the engagement with poverty in Africa is going to be a long-term affair. If growth does not restart, the reverse trickle-down may further jeopardize the most vulnerable gr...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT POVERTY MITIGATION INFORMATION SYSTEMS SOCIAL ACTION INSTITUTION BUILDING TRAINING NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ECONOMIC STABILIZATION MACROECONOMIC POLICY SOCIAL ACTION PROGRAMS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY POVERTY ASSESSMENTS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES POVERTY MONITORING TARGETING ADJUSTMENT PROCESS BENEFICIARIES CAPACITY BUILDING CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK COUNTRY LEVEL COUNTRY OWNERSHIP DATA COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME DIRECT IMPACT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOR HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INCOME INTERVENTION LOCAL INSTITUTIONS LOCAL LEVEL NATIONAL LEVEL POLICY ENVIRONMENT POOR POOR PEOPLE POPULATION GROUPS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION POLICIES POVERTY ALLEVIATION STRATEGIES POVERTY EFFECTS POVERTY FOCUS POVERTY ISSUES POVERTY PROGRAMS PROGRAMS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE SOCIAL DIMENSIONS SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL POLICY STATISTICAL DATA STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT POLICIES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS TARGETING TARGETING MECHANISMS VULNERABLE GROUPS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1993/12/1614981/social-dimensions-adjustment-general-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10026

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spelling	okr-10986-100262021-04-23T14:02:48Z The Social Dimensions of Adjustment : A General Assessment World Bank STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT POVERTY MITIGATION INFORMATION SYSTEMS SOCIAL ACTION INSTITUTION BUILDING TRAINING NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ECONOMIC STABILIZATION MACROECONOMIC POLICY SOCIAL ACTION PROGRAMS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY POVERTY ASSESSMENTS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES POVERTY MONITORING TARGETING ADJUSTMENT PROCESS BENEFICIARIES CAPACITY BUILDING CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK COUNTRY LEVEL COUNTRY OWNERSHIP DATA COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME DIRECT IMPACT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOR HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INCOME INTERVENTION LOCAL INSTITUTIONS LOCAL LEVEL NATIONAL LEVEL POLICY ENVIRONMENT POOR POOR PEOPLE POPULATION GROUPS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION POLICIES POVERTY ALLEVIATION STRATEGIES POVERTY ASSESSMENTS POVERTY EFFECTS POVERTY FOCUS POVERTY ISSUES POVERTY MONITORING POVERTY PROGRAMS PROGRAMS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE SOCIAL ACTION PROGRAMS SOCIAL DIMENSIONS SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL POLICY STATISTICAL DATA STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT POLICIES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS TARGETING TARGETING MECHANISMS VULNERABLE GROUPS Inevitable as structural adjustment has been, and successful as it might be, the engagement with poverty in Africa is going to be a long-term affair. If growth does not restart, the reverse trickle-down may further jeopardize the most vulnerable groups in the population, involving high transitional costs of adjustment. Those costs arise from the reduction in real incomes engendered by tighter monetary and fiscal policies, from increased unemployment resulting from lags in supply responses, from price adjustment in product and factor markets, and from reduced availability of social services following the contraction of public expenditures. The Social Dimensions of Adjustment (SDA) program is to be reviewed as a strategic reaction to that nascent concern about the position of the poor in the process of structural adjustment. It is seen as a catalyst of effective action aimed at poverty reduction in the framework of structural adjustment programs. SDA delineated four components: analytical research, information gathering, social action programs, and institution building and training. This paper examines each of the major SDA components and attempts to elaborate on the distinction between conjunctural (adjustment-vulnerable) and structural (long-term) poor and incorporates a high level of analysis as well as specific innovations which are likely to withstand the test of time professionally. 2012-08-13T10:12:12Z 2012-08-13T10:12:12Z 1993-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1993/12/1614981/social-dimensions-adjustment-general-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10026 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 8 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa
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topic	STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT POVERTY MITIGATION INFORMATION SYSTEMS SOCIAL ACTION INSTITUTION BUILDING TRAINING NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ECONOMIC STABILIZATION MACROECONOMIC POLICY SOCIAL ACTION PROGRAMS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY POVERTY ASSESSMENTS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES POVERTY MONITORING TARGETING ADJUSTMENT PROCESS BENEFICIARIES CAPACITY BUILDING CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK COUNTRY LEVEL COUNTRY OWNERSHIP DATA COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME DIRECT IMPACT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOR HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INCOME INTERVENTION LOCAL INSTITUTIONS LOCAL LEVEL NATIONAL LEVEL POLICY ENVIRONMENT POOR POOR PEOPLE POPULATION GROUPS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION POLICIES POVERTY ALLEVIATION STRATEGIES POVERTY ASSESSMENTS POVERTY EFFECTS POVERTY FOCUS POVERTY ISSUES POVERTY MONITORING POVERTY PROGRAMS PROGRAMS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE SOCIAL ACTION PROGRAMS SOCIAL DIMENSIONS SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL POLICY STATISTICAL DATA STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT POLICIES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS TARGETING TARGETING MECHANISMS VULNERABLE GROUPS
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description	Inevitable as structural adjustment has been, and successful as it might be, the engagement with poverty in Africa is going to be a long-term affair. If growth does not restart, the reverse trickle-down may further jeopardize the most vulnerable groups in the population, involving high transitional costs of adjustment. Those costs arise from the reduction in real incomes engendered by tighter monetary and fiscal policies, from increased unemployment resulting from lags in supply responses, from price adjustment in product and factor markets, and from reduced availability of social services following the contraction of public expenditures. The Social Dimensions of Adjustment (SDA) program is to be reviewed as a strategic reaction to that nascent concern about the position of the poor in the process of structural adjustment. It is seen as a catalyst of effective action aimed at poverty reduction in the framework of structural adjustment programs. SDA delineated four components: analytical research, information gathering, social action programs, and institution building and training. This paper examines each of the major SDA components and attempts to elaborate on the distinction between conjunctural (adjustment-vulnerable) and structural (long-term) poor and incorporates a high level of analysis as well as specific innovations which are likely to withstand the test of time professionally.
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title	The Social Dimensions of Adjustment : A General Assessment
title_short	The Social Dimensions of Adjustment : A General Assessment
title_full	The Social Dimensions of Adjustment : A General Assessment
title_fullStr	The Social Dimensions of Adjustment : A General Assessment
title_full_unstemmed	The Social Dimensions of Adjustment : A General Assessment
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publisher	Washington, DC
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