Impact of Structural Adjustment Policies on Women
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o It is found that the SAP design and framework does not adequately address gender issues, which is again due to the focus of SAP on efficiency, growth and stabilization, without considering structural constraints, and without considering inequality, including that between men and women. Gender concerns were incorporated much later along with issues such as institutions, governance and the environment. Even then the approach is sectoral, without looking at the impact of changes in macro policy such as trade and financial liberalization, privatization, budget re-structuring, with withdrawal of food and input subsidies, etc. These macro level changes have again considerably changed the macro and micro setting for women.
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