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World Development

Volume 19, Issue 12, December 1991, Pages 1807-1821
World Development

Adjustment with a human face: A UNICEF record and perspective on the 1980s

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Abstract

In the early 1980s UNICEF became increasingly concerned with the setbacks in health, education and child nutrition arising in many developing countries. This article records the developments of UNICEF's concerns with international and national policy to offset these setbacks, the development of its policy of “adjustment with a human face” and the major steps taken to encourage the IMF and the World Bank to give more attention to poverty and human concerns in the making of adjustment policy.

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This is a personal account for which the author is responsible for all errors and omissions. But I am grateful for helpful comments from Andrea Cornia and Rolph van der Hoeven, who in succession held the post of senior economist in UNICEF and were personally responsible for much of UNICEF's intellectual creativity and leadership in these matters over the period discussed in this paper. I am also grateful for comments from Paul Altesman and for assistance from Joti Shukla and Debora Comini.

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