The social consequences of structural adjustment: Recent evidence and current debates

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 31, Issue , 2005, Pages 199-222

  Babb, Sarah ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dependency; Globalization; International Monetary Fund; Neoliberalism; World Bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644521593     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.31.041304.122258     Document Type: Review

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