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PUBLISHED JANUARY 2004 Structural Adjustment: The SAPRI Report The Policy Roots of Economic Crisis, Poverty and Inequality The Structural Adjustment Participatory Review International Network (SAPRIN) A devastating critique of structural adjustment policies in developing countries in both North and South The most deeply researched, bottom-up study of its kind, covering a wide range of economic sectors Undertaken with the World Bank and Southern governments Now available from Zed Books! (more information) Spanish edition available! (more information)

GLOBAL REPORTS                       

THE POLICY ROOTS OF economic crisis
and poverty

A Multi-Country Participatory
Assessment of Structural Adjustment

Based on Results of the Joint World Bank/Civil Society/Government
Structural Adjustment Participatory Review Initiative (SAPRI)
and the Citizens' Assessment of Structural Adjustment (CASA)  

Full Report

Executive Summary

LAS POLÍTICAS DE AJUSTE ESTRUCTURAL EN LAS RAÍCES DE LA 
CRISIS ECONÓMICA Y LA pOBREZA

Una Evaluación Participativa Multi-Nacional
del Ajuste Estructural

Basado en los Resultados del Ejercicio Conjunto del Banco Mundial/Sociedad Civil/Gobiernos en la Iniciativa para la Revisisn Participativa de las Políticas de Ajuste Estructural (SAPRI) 
y la Evaluación Ciudadana del Ajuste Estructural (CASA)  

Informe Completo

Resumen Ejecutivo

NATIONAL & RESEARCH REPORTS

Initial Draft of the synthesis of SAPRI research, presented at the Second National Forum on 13-15 March 2001 in Dhaka

Bangladesh's Experience with Structural Adjustment: Learning from a Participatory Exercise

Impact of Trade Policy Reforms on Industrial Capacity and Employment in Bangladesh

Implications of Financial Sector Reforms

Impact of Reforms in Agricultural Input Markets on Crop Sector Profitability in Bangladesh

Implications of Agricultural Policy Reforms on Rural Food Security and Poverty

Consequences of Structural Adjustment Policies on the Poor

Impact of Structural Adjustment Policies on Women

Impact of Structural Adjustment policies on the Environment in Bangladesh

Governance, Structural Adjustment & the State of Corruption in Bangladesh

Impact of Structural Adjustment Policies: An Assessment Using Participatory Techniques  

 

Country Report: Ecuador
Informe de Pais: Ecuador

The Social and Economic Impacts of Structural Adjustment Policies in Ecuador 1982-1999: Executive Summary

The Social Impact of Basic Social Subsidies in Ecuador 1982-1999: Executive Summary 

Spanish summaries / resúmenes en español - enero 2001

Evaluación de los Impactos Económicos y Sociales de las Políticas de Ajuste Estructural en el Ecuador 1982-1999: Resumen Ejecutivo 

Impacto Social de la Política de Subsidios Sociales Básicos (1982-1999): Versión Resumida

Evaluación de los Impactos Económicos y Sociales de las Políticas de Ajuste Estructural en el Ecuador 1982-1999: Informe Final  

Estudio "Impacto Social de la Política de Subsidios Sociales Básicos (1982-1999)"  

El Impacto de los Programas de Ajuste Estructural y Estabilización Económica en El Salvador: Resumen Ejecutivo

The Impact of Economic Stabilization and Structural Adjustment Programs in El Salvador: Executive Summary

Full report in Spanish - December 2000 / informe completo en español - diciembre 2000

El Impacto de los Programas de Ajuste Estructural y Estabilización Económica en El Salvador  

La Liberalización del Sistema Financiero en El Salvador

La Privatización del Servicio de Energía Elictrica en El Salvador

La Flexibilización del Mercado Laboral en El Salvador

English translation of research summaries

The Liberalization of the Financial System in El Salvador

Privatization of Electricity Distribution in El Salvador

GHANA

Ghana Country Report - 25 August 2001

Trade Policy and Domestic Manufacturing in Ghana - draft report, April 2001  

Impact of SAP on Availability of and Access to Health Care - draft report, April 2001

Impact of SAP on Access to and Quality of Tertiary Education - draft report, April 2001

Impact of Mining Sector Investment in Ghana: A Study of the Tarkwa Mining Region - draft report, 20 January 2001

HUNGARY

Socio-Economic Impact of Structural Adjustment in Hungary

Ajuste y Empobrecimiento: Veinte Años de Crisis en México

Adjustment and Poverty: Twenty Years of Crisis in Mexico

Country Report - July 2001 (Spanish only)

¡ Cuanta Bondad ! Veinte Años de Ajuste Estructural en México

Country Report 

Introduction  

The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Labor in the Philippines 

The Impact of Structural Adjustment Programs on Food Security in the Philippines 

The Impact of Investment Liberalization and the Mining Act of 1995 on Indigenous Peoples, Upland Communities and the Rural Poor, and on the Environment 

The Impact of Budget-Related Structural Adjustment on Education and Health-Care Services in the Philippines 

Uganda Country Report

Impact of Liberalisation on Agriculture and Food Security in Uganda 1987-2000  

The Privatization Process and its Impact on Society

The Impact of Public-Expenditure Reform on Access to and Quality of Education and Health Care in Uganda

The Differences in Perceptions of Poverty

ZIMBABWE

Liberalisation of Agricultural Markets

Financial Sector Liberalization and the Poor: A Critical Appraisal 

The Impact of Public Expenditure Management under ESAP on Basic Social Services: Health and Education

Trade Liberalisation under Structural Economic Adjustment - Impact on Social Welfare in Zimbabwe

The Labour Market and Economic Development 1980-2000

OPENING NATIONAL FORA REPORTS 

Zimbabwe's Opening National SAPRI Forum - 2-3 September 1999

Mali's Opening National SAPRI Forum - 6-7 July 1999

The Philippines's Opening National CASA Forum - 12-13 July 1999

Ecuador's Opening National SAPRI Forum - 14-15 January 1999

Foro Nacional de Apertura de SAPRI en Ecuador - 14-15 enero 1999

Ghana's Opening National SAPRI Forum - 10-13 November 1998

Bangladesh's Opening National SAPRI Forum - 20-22 October 1998

Mexico's Opening National CASA Forum - 24-25 August 1998

El Salvador's Opening National SAPRI Forum - 27-28 August 1998

Uganda's Opening National SAPRI Forum - 18-19 June 1998

Hungary's Opening National SAPRI Forum - 6-7 June 1998