Growth-Oriented Adjustment Programs: Proceedings of a Symposium held in Washington, D.C., February 25-27, 1987

Books, September 15, 1987

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Bibliographic details

• Published: September 15, 1987
• Series: Books
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451970005.071

Symposium overview

• Event: Symposium organized jointly by the IMF and the World Bank, held in Washington, D.C., February 25-27, 1987.
• Organizers/editors: Vittorio Corbo, Morris Goldstein, and Mohsin Khan.
• Publication date: September 15, 1987.
• Purpose: To review the design of, and the economic rationale behind, adjustment programs and to examine the best means of helping developing countries achieve balance of payments stability with sustainable economic growth.

Major themes and analytic focus

• Design and economic rationale of adjustment programs.
• Means of assisting developing countries to attain:
  • Balance of payments stability.
  • Sustainable economic growth.
• Examination of structural adjustment and program design features relevant to developing economies.

Subjects covered

• Banking
• Expenditure
• Exports
• Fiscal policy
• Government debt management
• Imports
• International trade
• Public financial management (PFM)
• Revenue administration

Geographic and topical keywords

• Africa
• Asia and Pacific
• BOOK
• C.R. rye
• Caribbean
• debt problem
• East Asia
• export promotion triumphalist
• Exports
• fund program
• Global
• Government debt management
• Imports
• secretariat of programing
• structural adjustment
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• transition smoother