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Economic Adjustment and Reform in Low-Income Countries (ESAF Review Background Papers) Author/Editor: Bredenkamp, Hugh | Schadler, Susan Published: June 30, 1999 Electronic Access: Link to Table of Contents Summary: The Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF) is the cenerpiece of the International Monetary Fund's strategy to provide assistance on concessional terms to low-income member countries that are undertaking important macroeconomic adjustment and stuctural reforms. By February 1999, a total of SDR 7 billion (about US$9 billion) had been distributed under 79 ESAF arrangements to 51 developing countries. Edited by Hugh Bredenkamp and Susan Schadler, this volume features internal IMF staff assessments of the ESAF and provides an historical account of policies implemented and outcomes achieved under ESAF- supported programs.   Order a print copy Subject(s): Adjustment process | Economic growth | ESAF arrangements | Low income developing countries   English       Published:   June 30, 1999             ISBN/ISSN:   978-1-55775-715-9   Format:   Paper     Stock No:   EARLEA0000000   Pages:   276     Price:   US$26.50               Please address any questions about this title to publications@imf.org.