Africa and IMF conditionality; the unevenness of compliance, 1983-2000.0415979471 Africa and IMF IMF See: International Monetary Fund IMF See International Monetary Fund (IMF). conditionality; the unevenness of compliance, 1983-2000. Akonor, Kwame. Routledge 2006 163 pages $95.00 Hardcover African studies African studies (also known as Africana studies) is the study of Africa, and can encompass such fields as social and economic development, politics, history, culture, sociology, anthropology or linguistics. A specialist in African studies is referred to as an Africanist. ; history, politics, economics, and culture HC1060 To recover from economic stagnation Economic stagnation, often called simply stagnation is a prolonged period of slow economic growth (traditionally measured in terms of the GDP growth). By some definitions, "slow" means that it is significantly slower than a potential growth as estimated by experts in in the 1980s, most countries in sub Saharan Africa (SSA (Serial Storage Architecture) A fault tolerant peripheral interface from IBM that transfers data at 80 and 160 Mbytes/sec. SSA uses SCSI commands, allowing existing software to drive SSA peripherals, which are typically disk drives. ) turned to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other international financial institutions for loans. The conditions set by the IMF monitor debtor behaviors and offer incentives for nations to comply with IMF policies. In this study Akonor has found significant differences in compliance rules set and enforced, and that the SSA nations, with Ghana as an example, seem to be bearing the brunt of these conditions. He covers Ghana's evolving political economy and the conundrums of IMF compliance from 1957 to 1983, the impact of IMP (Interface Message Processor) The first router used in the ARPAnet. It was a Honeywell 516 minicomputer with special interfaces and software written by BBN. Imp of the Perverse perversity as motive for men’s actions. [Am. Lit. compliance on social groups, and lessons on compliance and conditions from the perspective of the debtor states. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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