Is Nigeria back to implementing the cardinal policies that made up the IMF-recommended Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) of the late 1980s? A review of the actions of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ...

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Audu Ogbeh, has blamed Nigeria’s economy crisis on the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) introduced by former Head of State, General Ibrahim ...

Structural adjustment programmes by the IMF have been characterised, in the neoliberal era, by two overarching goals: a) macroeconomic stabilisation via a reduction in the fiscal deficit, mitigation ...

Structural adjustment usually combines the following elements : devaluation of the national currency (in order to bring down the prices of exported goods and attract strong currencies), rise in ...

After decades of criticism for its heavy-handedness, did the International Monetary Fund really change its lending practices? Since the onset of the global financial crisis in 2007-2008, a number of ...

It is now mandatory to offer a critique of the structural adjustment programme, SAP. Such a critique, I believe, is not incompatible with the highest of patriotic duties. Indeed, such a critique can ...

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Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Jan., 1995), pp. 256-277 (22 pages) This article intends to give the employers' organisations' perspective on structural adjustment policies ...

This paper seeks to analyse the causes, manifestations, and trajectory of the economic crisis that has engulfed Africa since the early 1970s. It argues, contrary to orthodox analyses of conventional ...

As the Greek crisis evolves, it is important to understand that a successful structural-adjustment programme requires strong country ownership. Even if negotiators overcome the most recent sticking ...