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The World Bank and African Poverty, 1973–91

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

Peter Gibbon
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Since 1987–8 the World Bank, together with other donors, has been engaged in a programme of activities known as ‘Social Dimensions of Adjustment’ (S.D.A.). This is the latest in a line of ‘pro-poor’ initiatives which the organisation has sponsored over the last two decades. This article analyses the Bank's succession of policies against the background of the changing political and economic world situation, as well as alternative policy agendas.

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The Journal of Modern African Studies , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , June 1992 , pp. 193 - 220
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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