Is Nigeria back to implementing the cardinal policies that made up the IMF-recommended Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) of the late 1980s? A review of the actions of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ...

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Audu Ogbeh, has blamed Nigeria’s economy crisis on the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) introduced by former Head of State, General Ibrahim ...

After decades of criticism for its heavy-handedness, did the International Monetary Fund really change its lending practices? Since the onset of the global financial crisis in 2007-2008, a number of ...

It is now mandatory to offer a critique of the structural adjustment programme, SAP. Such a critique, I believe, is not incompatible with the highest of patriotic duties. Indeed, such a critique can ...

The announcement of the recent tax and fiscal reforms came with unpleasant reverberations across the country. Nigerians haven’t stopped talking about these reforms; watching with eerie attention as ...

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The IMF's Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF): Is It Working? The 1980s and early 1990s were an exceptionally difficult period for low-income developing countries, particularly in Africa.

As the Greek crisis evolves, it is important to understand that a successful structural-adjustment programme requires strong country ownership. Even if negotiators overcome the most recent sticking ...

We present audio from the six-part series, Capitalism by Ilan Ziv. Capitalism has been the engine of unprecedented economic growth and social transformation. With the fall of the communist states and ...

1. In the aftermath of the breakup of the U.S.S.R., the Kyrgyz government rapidly adopted a strategy to transform the economy to a market system. During the initial stage of reforms the government ...