Structural Adjustment, the Environment and Sustainable Develo... - 9781844079599

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Structural Adjustment, the Environment and Sustainable DevelopmentAuthor(s): David Reed\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Earthscan Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781844079599, 978-1844079599\nSynopsis\nThis is a pioneering study which should serve as a model for future research and will to a wide audience' Dharam Ghai, Director United Nations Research Institute for Social Development \nStructural Adjustment and the Environment (Earthscan, 1992) was the first book to fully examine the effects of 'structural adjustment programmes the economic reform policies required by the World Bank and IMF as part of their lending operations with borrowing countries. To widespread Critical acclaim it exposed the damaging environmental and social effects of structural adjustment policies, and called for a thorough revision of the then-current development policy.\n\n This new work; Structural Adjustment, the Environment and sustainable Development is a major step forwar6