Explores the development of thinking on structural adjustment during the 1980s and 1990s, highlighting the pro-liberalization ideological basis of programmes designed by the Bretton Woods institutions and the Washington Consensus. Describes the poor results of these programmes and assesses the...

This paper discusses the role skills development can play in avoiding the problems of globalization and structural adjustment and realizing their benefits and what can be done to position countries to capture the employment and wage benefits of globalization. The author argues that higher and...

Cet article s'organise en quatre sections. La première met en évidence la doctrine de la CNUCED en matière de développement économique et d'insertion internationale des pays en développement (PED). La deuxième présente le mouvement de balancier qu'a connu l'institution. Les troisième et...

This paper aims at identifying the sources of comparative advantage and the bottlenecks of the Tunisian economy. By using an activity analysis model and yearly data on the input-output structure and the factor endowments, the paper determines the evolution of the potential of the Tunisian...

Examines the impact of an Economic Recovery Programme, a standard IMF/World Bank Structural Adjustment Programme, on agriculture in the period between 1987 and 1997.

Presents the results of a survey conducted in 30 small textile and clothing industrial enterprises.

Describes three phases of restructuring and privatization under different administrations between 1986 and 1998 and examines the impact of these changes on employment. Describes different types of privatization and analyses the restructuring of utilities, wholly state-owned companies and...

Examines the process of poverty alleviation from 1976 to 1993. Finds that structural adjustment policies between 1981 and 1987 did not seem to have an adverse effect on poverty.