Political Dimensions of the International Debt Crisis

Five papers on the political dimensions of the debt crisis at national, international and geo-political levels. There are case studies of Sudan, Senegal, Ivory Coast and Mexico. One conclusion is that the erosion of the powers and legitimacy of government is the most damaging consequence.

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Linkage and vulnerability - the "debt crisis" in Latin America and Africa, Kari Polanyi Levitt; the rationale and effects of the IMF stabilization programme in Sudan, Richard Brown; evaluating structural adjustment policies for Senegal, Gilles Durufle; indebtedness and adjustment lending in the Ivory Coast - elements for a structural critique, Bonnie K.Cambell; the politics of the Mexican debt crisis, Judith Teichman.