IMF and World Bank sponsored structural adjustment programs in Africa: Ghana's experience, 1983 - 1999

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1 An Overview of Structural Adjustment Programs in Africa -- 2 Structural Adjustment Programs and the Political Economy of Development and Underdevelopment in Ghana -- 3 The Growth of Public Debt in a Reforming Economy -- 4 Fiscal Impacts of Structural Adjustment -- 5 From a Developmental to a Managerial Paradigm: Ghana's Administrative Reform under Structural Adjustment Programs -- 6 Cocoa Production under Ghana's Structural Adjustment Programs: A Study of Rural Farmers -- 7 Structural Adjustment Programs and Ghana's Mineral Industry -- 8 Impact of Structural Adjustment Policies on Forests and Natural Resource Management -- 9 Structural Adjustment Programs and the Mortgaging of Africa's Ecosystems: The Case of Mineral Development in Ghana -- 10 Structural Adjustment Programs, Human Resources and Organizational Challenges Facing Labor and Policy Makers in Ghana -- 11 Structural Adjustment, Policies and Democracy in Ghana -- 12 Migration and Remittances: Rural Household Strategies for Coping with Structural Adjustment Programs in Ghana -- 13 Rural Banking and Credit Inter-mediation in an Era of Structural Adjustments -- 14 Structural Adjustment Programs and Emerging Urban Forms -- 15 Urban Planning and Management under Structural Adjustment -- 16 Structural Adjustment and the Health Care System -- 17 Adjustment Reforms in a Poor Business Environment: Explaining Why Poor Institutions Persist under Ghana's Reforms -- 18 Progress in Adjustment in Ghana: Is Growth Sustainable? -- 19 Alternative Methods for Evaluating Structural Adjustment Programs -- 20 Africa Under World Bank/IMF Management: The Best of Times and the Worst of Times -- Index.

An overview of structural adjustment programs in Africa, Kwadwo Konadau-Agyemang; Structural adjustment programs and the political economy of development and underdevelopment in Ghana, Kwadwo Konadau-Agyemang, and Baffour Kwaku Takyi; The growth of public debt in a reforming economy, Joe Amoako-Tuffour; Fiscal impacts of structural adjustment, Kojo Appiah-Kubi; From a developmental to a managerial paradigm: Ghanas administrative reform under structural adjustment programs, Peter Fuseini Haruna; Cocoa production under Ghanas structural adjustment programs: a study of rural farmers, Kwaku Osei-Akom; Structural adjustment programs and Ghanas mineral industry, Eric Asa; Impact of structural adjustment policies on forests and natural resource management, Noble T. Donker; Structural adjustment programs and the mortgaging of Africas ecosystems: the case of mineral development in Ghana, Charles Anyinam; Structural adjustment programs, human resources and organizational challenges facing labour and policy makers in Ghana, Kwamina Panford; Structural adjustment, policies and democracy in Ghana, Kwame Boafo-Arthur; Migration and remittances: rural households strategies for coping with structural adjustment programs in Ghana, Siaw Akwawua; Rural banking and credit inter-mediation in an era of structural adjustments, Andy C.Y. Kwawukume; Structural adjustment programs and emerging urban forms, Ian E.A. Yeboah; Urban planning and management under structural adjustment, Samuel Aryeetey-Attoh; Structural adjustment and the health care system, Joseph R. Oppong; Adjustment reforms in a poor business environment: explaining why poor institutions persist under Ghanas reforms, Nicholas Amponsah; Progress in adjustment in Ghana: is growth sustainable?, Robert Armstrong; Alternative methods for evaluating structural adjustment programs, Francois K. Doamekpor; Africa under World Bank/IMF management: the best of times and the worst of times, Kwadwo Konadau-Agyemang;