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What Explains the Success or Failure of Structural Adjustment Programmes

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ID9706509
AuthorsDavid Dollar (World Bank), J Svensson (0000-0002-5097-6218, World Bank)
Year2000
Volume110
Issue466
Pages894-917
Publication date2000-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Economic Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/1468-0297.00569
OpenAlexW2118491091
LanguageEN
Citations received88
References cited8

This paper analyses the causes of success or failure of adjustment programmes, using a new database on 220 reform programmes. We find that the success or failure of reform depends on domestic political‐economy forces. A few donor‐effort variables are also highly correlated with the probability of success. However, once these effort variables are treated as endogenous, there is no relationship between any of them and the success or failure of reform. These results have clear implications for how the international community should approach policy‐based aid

Economics · Market economy · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Structural adjustment · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · International Development and Aid · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

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