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ERIC Number: EJ465981
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7732
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Borrowing against the Future: Children and Third World Indebtedness.
Bradshaw, York W.; And Others
Social Forces, v71 n3 p629-56 Mar 1993
In response to the global debt crisis, international lenders have pressured Third World debtor nations to implement "structural adjustments." Analysis of data from the United Nations, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund suggest that externally imposed austerity measures have adversely affected children's survival and quality of life. (SV)
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Developing Nations, Economic Factors, Immunization Programs, Mortality Rate, Nutrition, Poverty, Quality of Life, Retrenchment, Urbanization
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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