RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · 1987 · 424 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesHealth PolicySocial PolicyChild WelfareDevelopment EconomicsEconomic DevelopmentChild Welfare PolicyPovertySocial ProtectionSocial VulnerabilityStructural AdjustmentWelfare EconomicsEconomic Growth StrategyEconomic WelfareGovernment Health ExpenditureHousehold Welfare EffectsHuman Development PolicyPost-adjustment Social PolicyStructural Adjustment PoliciesTargeting The Poor
UNICEF highlights that structural adjustment policies in developing countries must incorporate human‑dimension considerations, advocating a humanitarian approach that safeguards vulnerable groups while pursuing economic growth. The book is organized into two parts: Part I reviews the impact of 1980‑85 adjustment policies on child welfare, government spending, household survival strategies, and case studies, while Part II presents alternative macro‑, meso‑, and micro‑policies, social‑policy reforms, and sectoral interventions to protect vulnerable populations.
This study produced by UNICEF documents the need to introduce policies and measures in developing countries that integrate the human dimension s part of structural adjustment policies (SAPs) and not as an additional welfare component to it. The study calls for a more humanitarian approach to economic policies alternatives to regain economic growth and development while simultaneously adopting people- oriented policies directed at the most vulnerable groups must be found. This book is divided into 2 parts. Part I includes 5 chapters: 1) economic decline and human welfare in the 1st half of the 1980s; 2) adjustment policies 1980-85: effects on child welfare; 3) the impact on government expenditure; 4) adjustment at the household level: potentials and limitations of survival strategies; 5) country experience with adjustment (10 case studies). Part II includes 11 chapters: 6) an overview of the alternative approach; 7) alternative macropolicies meso policies and vulnerable groups; 8) social policymaking: restructuring targeting efficiency; 9) policy approaches towards small farmers; 10) supporting productive employment among vulnerable groups; 11) health policy and program options: compensating for the negative effects of economic adjustment; 12) education; 13) nutrition interventions; 14) monitoring and statistics for adjustment with a human face; 15) the international system and the protection of the vulnerable; and 16) summary and conclusions.