The dominant policy response to economic crises over the past four decades has been the introduction of austerity--a mix of budget cuts and reforms to downsize the role of the state. In A Thousand Cuts, Alexandros Kentikelenis and Thomas Stubbs examine the activities of the world's leading advocate of austerity: the International Monetary Fund. As one of the first systematic assessments of the impact of austerity on people's lives around the world, A Thousand Cuts makes an important contribution to the continuing debate on how to foster social protection in light of economic crises and IMF-mandated policy reforms.…mehr
The dominant policy response to economic crises over the past four decades has been the introduction of austerity--a mix of budget cuts and reforms to downsize the role of the state. In A Thousand Cuts, Alexandros Kentikelenis and Thomas Stubbs examine the activities of the world's leading advocate of austerity: the International Monetary Fund. As one of the first systematic assessments of the impact of austerity on people's lives around the world, A Thousand Cuts makes an important contribution to the continuing debate on how to foster social protection in light of economic crises and IMF-mandated policy reforms.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Alexandros Kentikelenis is Associate Professor of Political Economy and Sociology at Bocconi University in Milan. His research focuses on decisionmaking within global governance and the social consequences of economic policies. Thomas Stubbs is a Reader in Global Political Economy at Royal Holloway, University of London. He also holds an associate position at the Centre for Business Research at the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on the activities of international financial institutions and their relationship with economic policy and outcomes throughout the Global South. He is also the curator of the IMF Monitor website, a data hub used by academics, civil societies, and policymakers to track the activities of the International Monetary Fund.
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Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Part I: Forty Years of Structural Adjustment 2. The Evolution of IMF Conditionality 3. How to Evaluate the Effects of IMF Conditionality Part II: Social Protection and Structural Adjustment 4. Conditionality and Health Policy 5. Conditionality and Income Inequality 6. Conditionality and Health Outcomes Part III: Looking Forward 7. The IMF and the Covid-19 Response 8. The Future of IMF Conditionality: A Better Way? Appendix: A New Dataset on Conditionality, 1980-2019 Bibliography Index
Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Part I: Forty Years of Structural Adjustment 2. The Evolution of IMF Conditionality 3. How to Evaluate the Effects of IMF Conditionality Part II: Social Protection and Structural Adjustment 4. Conditionality and Health Policy 5. Conditionality and Income Inequality 6. Conditionality and Health Outcomes Part III: Looking Forward 7. The IMF and the Covid-19 Response 8. The Future of IMF Conditionality: A Better Way? Appendix: A New Dataset on Conditionality, 1980-2019 Bibliography Index
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