## Growth-Oriented Adjustment Programs: Proceedings of a Symposium held in Washington, D.C., February 25-27, 1987

_Books, September 15, 1987_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: September 15, 1987
- Series: Books
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451970005.071

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### Symposium overview
- Event: Symposium organized jointly by the IMF and the World Bank, held in Washington, D.C., February 25-27, 1987.
- Organizers/editors: Vittorio Corbo, Morris Goldstein, and Mohsin Khan.
- Publication date: September 15, 1987.
- Purpose: To review the design of, and the economic rationale behind, adjustment programs and to examine the best means of helping developing countries achieve balance of payments stability with sustainable economic growth.

### Major themes and analytic focus
- Design and economic rationale of adjustment programs.
- Means of assisting developing countries to attain:
  - Balance of payments stability.
  - Sustainable economic growth.
- Examination of structural adjustment and program design features relevant to developing economies.

### Subjects covered
- Banking
- Expenditure
- Exports
- Fiscal policy
- Government debt management
- Imports
- International trade
- Public financial management (PFM)
- Revenue administration

### Geographic and topical keywords
- Africa
- Asia and Pacific
- BOOK
- C.R. rye
- Caribbean
- debt problem
- East Asia
- export promotion triumphalist
- Exports
- fund program
- Global
- Government debt management
- Imports
- secretariat of programing
- structural adjustment
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- transition smoother

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