IMF and World Bank Sponsored Structural Adjustment Programs in Africa

Abstract

An overview of structural adjustment programmes in Africa, Kwado Konadu-Agyemang structural adjustment programmes and the political economy of development and underdevelopment in Ghana, Kwado Konadu-Agyemang and Baffour Kwaku Takyi the growth of public debt in a reforming economy, Joe Amoako-Tuffour fiscal impacts of structural adjustment, Kojo Appiah-Kubi from a developmental to a managerial paradigm - Ghana's administrative reform under SAPs. Peter Fuseini Haruna Cocoa production under Ghana's structural adjustment programmes - a study of rural farmers, Kwaku Osei-Akom structural adjustment programmes and Ghana's mineral industry, Eric Asa impact of structural adjustment policies on forests and natural resource management, N.T. Donkor SAPs and the mortgaging of Africa's ecosystems - the case of mineral development in Ghana, Charles Anyinam SAP, human resources and organizational challenges facing labour and policy makers in Ghana, Kwamina Panford structural adjustment, policies and democracy in Ghana, Kwame Boafo-Arthur migration and remittances - rurla households strategies for coping with SAP in Ghana, Siaw Akwawua rural banking and credit inter-mediation in an era of structural adjustments Andy C.Y. Kwawukume SAPs and emerging urban forms, Ian E.A. Yeboah urban planning and management under structural adjustment, Samuel Aryeetey-Attoh structural adjustment and the health care system, Joseph R. Oppong adjustment reforms in a poor business environment - explaing why poor institutions persist under Ghana's reforms, Nicholas Amponsah progress in adjustment in Ghana - is growth suitable?, Robert Armstrong alternative methods for evaluating SAPs, Francois K. Doamekpor Africa under World Bank/IMF management - the best of times and the worst of times, Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang.