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Posting Date: 09/14/89 Source: UNITEX Network, Hoboken, NJ, USA
Over the past two years, several changes have taken place at
country, regional and international levels to help countries
deal with the burden of debt in the developing world and the
impact of the economic recession on vulnerable groups such as
mothers and children.
UNICEF's "Adjustment with a Human Face (AWHF)" study in 1987
showed that some countries have been successful in implementing
policies to protect the vulnerable, demonstrating that they can
become part of national planning even in the face of economic
difficulties. Since then, many development agencies have joined
UNICEF in working with countries to incorporate the AWHF
strategy into national development plans, a strategy that
combines the promotion of economic growth, protection of the
vulnerable, and macro-economic adjustment.
A new Executive Directive prepared by UNICEF's Deputy Executive
Director Richard Jolly reviews recent developments in this area,
UNICEF's involvement at various levels, and new research being
undertaken focussing on adjustment and longer-term human
resource development in Africa.
The directive provides guidelines for UNICEF field offices in
future country activities in collaboration with other agencies
working in the area of adjustment such as the World Bank and the
International Monetary Fund among others.
Annexes to the note include an overview of country work on
adjustment, a case study on Ghana, World Bank/ECA discussions on
adjustment, terms of reference of the JCGP Sub-group on
Adjustment and report of a JCGP high-level meeting, and the
IDB-UNICEF Initiative on Debt Relief for Social Investment.
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