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The Poor and the Social Sectors during a Period of Macroeconomic Adjustment: Empirical Evidence for Jamaica

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  • Behrman, Jere R
  • Deolalikar, Anil B

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Considerable uncertainty remains about the human impact of macroeconomic adjustment. Analysis of the impact of adjustment on the poor and on the social sectors is difficult because it involves evaluating a counterfactual situation in which households are affected by prices, incomes, and public services with the possibility of substantial substitutions--all within an economywide framework with complicated concurrent and lagged interactions. In this articled, the authors utilize time-series data for Jamaica to examine whether macroeconomic adjustment, initiated in the early 1980s but intensified in 1984-85, was associated with significant deterioration in various indicators of health, nutritional, and welfare outcomes, particularly among the poor. Although we find evidence of substantial cuts in governmental expenditures on social services, there is little confirmation of significant short-run deterioration in human capital indicators during the adjustment period. Copyright 1991 by Oxford University Press.

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  • Behrman, Jere R & Deolalikar, Anil B, 1991. "The Poor and the Social Sectors during a Period of Macroeconomic Adjustment: Empirical Evidence for Jamaica," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 5(2), pages 291-313, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:wbecrv:v:5:y:1991:i:2:p:291-313
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    1. Gustav RANIS & Frances STEWART, 2001. "Growth And Human Development: Comparative Latin American Experience," The Developing Economies, Institute of Developing Economies, vol. 39(4), pages 333-365, December.
    2. Sen, Gita, 1996. "Gender, markets and states: A selective review and research agenda," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 24(5), pages 821-829, May.
    3. Ingram, Gregory, 1992. "Social indicators and productivity convergence in developing countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 894, The World Bank.
    4. Handa, Sudhanshu & King, Damien, 2003. "Adjustment with a Human Face? Evidence from Jamaica," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 31(7), pages 1125-1145, July.
    5. Narayan Sastry, 2004. "Urbanization, development and under-five mortality differentials by place of residence in São Paulo, Brazil, 1970-1991," Demographic Research Special Collections, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 2(14), pages 355-386.
    6. Mohammad Afzal, 2007. "MACROECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT IN PAKISTAN [1981-2004]: An EVALUATION," Applied Econometrics and International Development, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 7(1).
    7. Narayan Sastry, 2002. "Urbanization, Development and Under-Five Mortality Differentials by Place of Residence in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1970-1991," Working Papers 02-13, RAND Corporation.
    8. Haddad, Lawrence & Brown, Lynn R. & Richter, Andrea & Smith, Lisa, 1995. "The gender dimensions of economic adjustment policies: Potential interactions and evidence to date," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 23(6), pages 881-896, June.

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