## Economic Adjustment in Low-Income Countries: Experience Under the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility

_Occasional Papers, June 16, 1993_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: F. Rozwadowski, Siddharth Tiwari, David Robinson, Susan M Schadler
- Published: June 16, 1993
- Series: Occasional Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557753366.084

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### Scope and purpose
- Evaluates progress under ESAF-supported programs in:
  - attaining external viability
  - restoring economic growth
  - implementing structural reforms
- Performance evaluated for 19 countries that entered ESAF arrangements by mid-1992.
- Evaluation set against countries' initial conditions, external environment, and implementation of structural and macroeconomic policies.

### Main themes and substantive focus
- External viability and balance of payments outcomes
- Debt burden and debt service ratios
- Current account performance and exports
- External debt and foreign exchange management
- Structural reforms in public enterprises and the public sector
- Sectoral performance across economic sectors and international trade

### Geographic and topical coverage
- Regions and keywords associated with the study:
  - Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
  - Caribbean, Eastern Europe
  - ESAF, ESAF arrangement, ESAF country, ESAF period, ESAF program, ESAF-supported program
  - Public enterprises, Public sector, Exports, Terms of trade

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*International Monetary Fund. Economic Adjustment in Low-Income Countries: Experience Under the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility, Occasional Paper No. 1993/007 (1993).*

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