World Debt and the Human Condition: Structural Adjustment and the Right to Development

by George W. Shepherd Jr., Ved Nanda, Eileen McCarthy-Arnolds

Book Overview

Set against the backdrop of deteriorating living conditions for hundreds of millions of people in developing and debtor countries, this volume concentrates on the structural adjustment policies designed to facilitate debt repayment and to stabilize indebted economies and the effects these policies have on the human rights of affected peoples. Conducted by contributors from various disciplines, this analysis provides distinctive insights into the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313285314
• ISBN13: 9780313285318
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.8"