Occasional Papers

Reinvigorating Growth in Developing Countries: Lessons from Adjustment Policies in Eight Economies

Author/Editor:

Kalpana Kochhar ; Erik Offerdal ; Louis Dicks-Mireaux ; Mauro Mecagni ; Jianping Zhou ; Balázs Horváth ; David John Goldsbrough ; Sharmini Coorey

Publication Date:

August 13, 1996

Summary:

This study examines the links between adjustment policies and growth in a small group of developing countries- Bangladesh, Chile, Ghana, India, Mexico, Morocco, Senegal, and Thailand - during 1970 -93. It provides an overview of the adjustment and growth experience, examines in depth several policy issues of particular interest, and distills the principal policy lessons for the design of adjustment policies.

Series:

Occasional Paper No. 1996/005

Subject:

Labor Labor markets Macrostructural analysis National accounts Private investment Real wages Structural reforms Tariffs Taxes