
During the 1980s the World Bank loaned over 28.5 billion for structural adjustment programs in developing countries. Structural Adjustment and the Environment explores the results of these programs and arrives at the disturbing conclusion that structural adjustment lending has...

This book focuses on the environmental impacts of structural adjustment in specific developing countries and assesses the contribution of policy-based lending to putting countries on a sustainable development path.

A publication having a provocative avocation, as does this book, is possible only with the support and sharp minds of many dedicated professionals. Contributions from colleagues on five continents enabled this research endeavor to mature from an urgent although poorly formulated...