Short-Term Pain, Long-Term Gain? The Effects of IMF Economic Reform Programs on Public Health Performance.
Objectives In this study, we evaluate the effects of the International Monetary Fund's structural adjustment programs (SAPs) on the public health performance of countries. We test the claim made by proponents of SAPs that although these programs may produce short-term hardship for the countries adop...
| Published in: | Social Science Quarterly (Wiley-Blackwell) Vol. 95; no. 4; pp. 1022 - 1043 |
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