Helping the Poor: the IMF's New Facilities for Structural Adjustment

September 15, 1992

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Joslin Landell-Mills. Helping the Poor: the IMF's New Facilities for Structural Adjustment, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1992) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

This paper discusses the IMF’s New Facilities for Structural Adjustment (SAF) for helping the poor. The first arrangement supported by the SAF was approved by the IMF’s Executive Board in August 1986. By the end of February 1992, 35 countries had already used resources under SAF arrangements and 19 under enhanced structural adjustment facility arrangements. For several of these, donors have used the policy framework paper as a basis for deciding their own loan commitments. It is hoped that the IMF’s part in the international effort to deal with the crisis in the poorest countries will make an effective contribution to improving their well-being in a sustainable way.

Subject: Agricultural sector, Exports, External position, Government debt management, Public investment spending

Keywords: Country, Enhanced structural adjustment facility, MTU, SAF arrangement, SAF-supported program, Structural adjustment facility

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14
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Pamphlet Series, No.
Stock No:

HTPEA0000000
ISBN:

9781557750211
ISSN:

0538-8759

Notes

English version revised 1992.

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