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dc.contributor.authorLipton, Michael
dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Ismail
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-20T14:01:31Z
dc.date.available2014-01-20T14:01:31Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.identifier.citationAhmed, I.I. & Lipton, M. (1997) Impact of Structural Adjustment on Sustainable Rural Livelihoods: A Review of the Literature, IDS Working Paper 62, Brighton: IDS.en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/3366
dc.description.abstractThis paper reviews the impact of structural adjustment on sustainability of rural livelihoods. It unpacks the elements of adjustment and looks at the effects of each of these on the quantity, quality and sustainability of rural livelihoods. There is no systematic improvement or decline in rural livelihoods as a result of adjustment measures. Changes in the relative prices of tradables and nontradables provided incentives and had a positive impact on rural livelihoods in some countries but failed to create sustainable incentive structures in others. By concentrating almost exclusively on the issues of pricing, the reform policies ignored the other critical factors, in particular, the technological development needed to translate improved incentives into more sustainable and productive farming systems.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherIDSen_GB
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIDS working papers;62
dc.rights.urihttp://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/IDSOpenDocsStandardTermsOfUse.pdfen_GB
dc.subjectAgricultureen_GB
dc.subjectEconomic Developmenten_GB
dc.subjectRural Developmenten_GB
dc.titleImpact of Structural Adjustment on Sustainable Rural Livelihoods: A Review of the Literatureen_GB
dc.typeIDS Working Paperen_GB
dc.rights.holderInstitute of Development Studiesen_GB
dc.identifier.koha83591


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