Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

10-11-1994

Author Affiliation

The World Bank, Africa Regional Office, Office of the Chief Economist

Book or Conference Proceedings Title

Policy Research Working Paper Series

Conference Name

International Conference on African Economic Issues

Conference Location

Arusha

Conference Dates

1994-10-11

Series

Policy Research Working Paper Series

First Page

1

Last Page

44

Publisher

The World Bank

Keywords

Structural adjustment, Political economy, Sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract / Description

This paper moves a step beyond the Bank’s adjustment study by undertaking to identify the causal linkages underlying whether or not adjustment policies are sustained. It develops hypotheses which account for why some countries sustain their policies while others do not. In doing so it profits from the extensive literature in politics and political economy. It tests these hypotheses with evidence from seven case studies developed in relation to the Adjustment in Africa- project.

Comments

Originally presented as a paper at the second biennial International Conference on African Economic Issues, held in Arusha, October 11-14, 1994, and issued as World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 1364 by the Office of the Chief Economist, Africa Regional Office, in October 1994. IH0019

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