Effects of Structural Adjustment Programs on Women

World Bank/IMF

BRICS

Developed countries

None of these

South Asia

South America

Central Asia

Developing countries

Governments of poor countries should adopt privatization and other ‘liberalizing’ measures.

Governments of poor countries should knock down all ugly or dilapidated buildings.

States with weak economies should redistribute more resources to the poor.

Ministers in under-performing countries should go on diets and keep fit.

1960s

1970s

1980s

None of these

Moves by transnational corporations to exercise control over the cultural mechanisms that foster consumer demand.

The processes arising from the development of powerful corporations and the use of colonies to expand growth and profit

Programs designed by the IMF, supported by the World Bank and based on ‘neoliberal’ monetary policies. They are more often than not used in developing countries with the aim of encouraging economic growth and alleviating poverty.

The attempts to halt the spread of the economic crisis known as the ‘Asian meltdown’ which occurred in the 1990s.

Marxist

capitalist

Mercantilist

Neo-functionalist

1965-75

1975-85

1955-65

None of these

UN Polices

WID projects

The effectiveness approach

None of these

Mexico city

Copenhagen

Nairobi.

Beijing

South America

Europe

North America

None of these