Talk:Structural adjustment

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Tranche[edit]

If I have the time, I will come back to add the appropriate information about Tranches but in the meantime if any of you get the chance that would be greatly appreciated.

Bias without references[edit]

Critics argue that financial threats to poor countries amount to blackmail; that poor nations have no choice but to comply. Regardless of whether this is true or not, the author has put no references to back his claim. So how can this be a valid point to put in a 'supposed to be' neutral article? Can this be put for deletion? (Just the line, not the article.) Prabhjote Gill (talk) 15:11, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There is a ton of bias in this article, and the reality is that the scholarly literature has a tremendous amount of criticism to offer. The entirely-unsourced section titled "Praise" is particularly dumbfounding.

DoItAgain (talk) 14:01, 19 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Countries with native populations living traditional lifestyles

Talk about loaded language. What is a 'native population'? And doesn't austerity always fail and destroy the economy, no matter where it is applied? So why blame 'traditional lifestyles'?

Authors Ikubolajeh Bernard Logan and Kidane Mengisteab make the case in their article "IMF-World Bank Adjustment and Structural Transformation on Sub-Saharan Africa" for the ineffectiveness of structural adjustment in part being attributed to the disconnect between the informal sector of the economy as generated by traditional society and the formal sector generated by a modern, urban society.

The other part being that it doesn't work, where ever it is applied.

Empirical evidence[edit]

I've edited the section Empirical evidence to better reflect its only citation. It's obviously difficult to estimate the effect of the IMF's policies, but firstly it must be possible, since the IMF continues its work; and secondly, the article cited comes to conclusions which were not mentioned before. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fimbulfamb (talk • contribs) 11:25, 10 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Effect of SAP's[edit]

I just added a section on SAP's effects on the economic institutions of implementing countries. Let me know what you think pls ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunshine828 (talk • contribs) 16:54, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Merger proposal[edit]

I believe Structural adjustment loan should be merged with this page. The entire page is essentially the same thing as the Conditions section on this page. --Jaydavidmartin (talk) 00:40, 20 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Merger complete. Klbrain (talk) 16:36, 15 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]