Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 1995Michael Bruno, Boris Pleskovic World Bank Publications, 1996 - 383 pages This review examines the relevance and efficacy of the World Bank's overall country assistance strategy for Ghana and the effectiveness of the various instruments of Bank assistance. The review finds that Bank loans of more than US$2 billion since 1984, including more than US$1 billion for adjustment operations, contributed to Ghana's progress. It cautions, however, that progress will be unsustainable unless the country proceeds with a large unfinished agenda of reforms designed to stimulate private sector development and enhance the prospects for sustainable agricultural growth. |
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... spending and taxes . Called the " convert- ibility plan , " the stabilization program introduced important macroeconomic changes . The new currency was fully backed by international reserves . Indexation was dropped completely ...
... spending and taxes . Called the " convert- ibility plan , " the stabilization program introduced important macroeconomic changes . The new currency was fully backed by international reserves . Indexation was dropped completely ...
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... spending . As a result , sharing arrangements have developed . These arrangements often make local governments dependent on the central government , undermining the purpose of decentralization to some extent and constraining the central ...
... spending . As a result , sharing arrangements have developed . These arrangements often make local governments dependent on the central government , undermining the purpose of decentralization to some extent and constraining the central ...
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... spending was the dominant mode of aggregation . The recent measures are more sensitive to differences in the depth of poverty — as with the poverty gap index — or to inequality among the poor — as with the Foster - Greer - Thorbecke ...
... spending was the dominant mode of aggregation . The recent measures are more sensitive to differences in the depth of poverty — as with the poverty gap index — or to inequality among the poor — as with the Foster - Greer - Thorbecke ...
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... spending ( per child ) on education and health , and even if this is voluntary the social consequences are undesirable . Another , less important reason for public policy intervention is that the private market for contraceptive ...
... spending ( per child ) on education and health , and even if this is voluntary the social consequences are undesirable . Another , less important reason for public policy intervention is that the private market for contraceptive ...
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... spending on social services suggest . This is presumably because the rich often turn to the private market for primary education and basic health care — and because the poor often have larger families . The distribution of the benefits ...
... spending on social services suggest . This is presumably because the rich often turn to the private market for primary education and basic health care — and because the poor often have larger families . The distribution of the benefits ...
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