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Variable dimension adjustment in the Côte d'Ivoire

Reasons for failure

Bibliographic Data

ID11904431
AuthorsFrançois Régis Mahieu (Institut Lavoisier de Versailles, corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume22
Issue63
Publication date1995-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReview of African Political Economy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-6244 • E-ISSN: 1740-1720
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03056249508704097
OpenAlexW1995459791
LanguageFR
Citations received3
References cited12

The Côte d'Ivoire has experienced a rapid succession of development models and policies. In the first twenty years after independence, indigenous planning experts designed and implemented large ‘agribusiness’ and then ‘integrated development’ projects. By the end of this period, the sanctions imposed by international markets had transformed these grandiose projects into financial black holes. In the 1980s pressure from international authorities imposed, successively, global economic adjustment (disinflation), sector adjustments (competitive) and the social dimensions of adjustment (anti‐poverty). However, deflation of public spending and disinflation with competitive and social objectives proved incapable of restraining financial deficits whilst simultaneously causing a deterioration of human development indicators. The 1990s confirmed the Côte d'Ivoire's leading position in development ‘technology’, in particular the national approach to programmes (demand led). Prime Minister Ouattara's medium term economic programme and ‘national approach to programmes’, adopted by the government in 1993, established the basis for a new form of planning. Finally, in 1994, the Côte d'Ivoire discovered the practical consequences of monetarism in an open economy. The devaluation on 11 January gave it access to large loans and gave hopes of further improvements in competitivity. Would this change from competitive disinflation to competitive devaluation resolve financial problems and improve the standard of living? In this article I will illustrate, against a backdrop of failure, the succession of adjustment policies, from standard adjustment (1980s) to the social dimensions (end of the 1980s). Then I will discuss the national approach to programmes (beginning of the 1990s) and finally monetary stabilisation (since January 1994)

Combinatorics · Cote d ivoire · Development economics · Dimension (graph theory · Economics · Humanities · Political science · Variable (mathematics · Economic Theory and Policy · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis · Mathematics · Monetary Policy and Economic Impact · Philosophy

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Unique citing works3
Citations per year0,14
Citation span2004 - 2006 (3)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 3

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