00000cmm a22000004a 4500 UP-99796217610949606 Buklod 20130918135620.0 aa r ||| u ta 130918s1987 xx d u 0821309560 (iLib)UPD-00205805799 WB DECON eng HC 79 P6 D45 1987eb Demery, Lionel. The alleviation of poverty under structural adjustment [electronic resource] Lionel Demery, Tony Addison. Washington, D.C. World Bank c1987. 1 online resource (47 p.) IP based access, on campus and remote access. Access via UP School of Economics Library (World Bank Online Resource Center) website. This study has identified a number of examples in which concerns about the alleviation of poverty have been given some practical expression in adjustment programs. Because most of these examples are of very recent origin, it is difficult to assess how effective they have been in helping the poor. First, one striking feature of the illustrations compiled is that they are invariably orderly or planned structural adjustment programs that have often been implemented with Bank assistance (Bolivia, Cote d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Indonesia, Jamaica, and Thailand). Second, income distributions will inevitably change during adjustment. These changes are the principal incentives for resource reallocation, and without them the objectives of adjustment will not be realized. Third, the study highlights the advantages of interventions that increase the primary income claims of the poor. Finally, adjustment can act as a catalyst for policymakers to examine carefully the costs and benefits of their programs for the poor. Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. World Bank. Available via World Wide Web. Economic assistance, Domestic Developing countries. Poor Developing countries. Structural adjustment (Economic policy) Developing countries. Developing countries Economic policy. Addison, Tony. Print Version 9780821309568. World Bank e-Library. Available for University of the Philippines - Diliman via World Bank eLibrary. Click here to access http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821309568 (viewed 18 September 2013) FO Monograph UPD DECON Electronic Resource