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Economic reform: Is it hurting the poor? A country specific study
Author(s) -
Mohamed Ahmed Hassan Fareed
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1328(199701)9:1<21::aid-jid347>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - poverty , development economics , economics , equity (law) , inequality , economic reform , agriculture , socioeconomic status , welfare , economic inequality , economic welfare , economic growth , economic policy , political science , politics , geography , market economy , sociology , mathematical analysis , population , demography , mathematics , law , archaeology
This paper analyses how and why the welfare of the poor in Sudan has changed during the reform period of 1980s. The analysis indicates that the period was not only one of abysmal economic performance, but also revealed considerable deterioration on all poverty dimensions, incidence, intensity and degree of inequality among the poor. Though external shocks and civil war played a role in Sudan's socioeconomic crisis, the analysis also indicates that the 1980s economic reform was flawed as well. The sectors targeted by the reform failed to tap the impulses for equitable economic growth. An alternative broader‐based reform favouring traditional agriculture and processing of its products would have reduced poverty without compromising between growth‐oriented policies and social equity.© 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.