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International Financial Assistance And Inequality In Emerging Markets: Colombia, Egypt And Turkey, Sara Farag Apr 2022

International Financial Assistance And Inequality In Emerging Markets: Colombia, Egypt And Turkey, Sara Farag

Theses and Dissertations

This research study investigates the effects of the three main pillars of structural adjustment policies imbedded in IFI funding facilities on income inequality in three specific cases; Colombia, Egypt and Turkey to uncover if income inequality present in those emerging markets is attributed to; the policy reforms conditionality or to pre-existent country features. The three main pillars of policy conditions discussed in this thesis are 1. Government Expenditure Reforms, 2. External Sector Reforms, and 3. Financial Sector Reforms. My hypothesis is that, although pre-existent country features may have had an impact on the levels of inequality a populace faces, the …


The Shirt Of Nessus: International Debt As A Tool Of Hegemonic Control, Omar Hamed Ghannam Mar 2022

The Shirt Of Nessus: International Debt As A Tool Of Hegemonic Control, Omar Hamed Ghannam

Theses and Dissertations

International debt has been a fixture of the global economy and state financing for centuries. The economic logic of accruing international debt and its management is rarely questioned in the literature, even as sovereign debt crises abound. These crises offer a point of examination, re-assessment, and negotiations concerning allocating the burdens. This paper aims to study these debt crises to interrogate the issue of international debt, the depoliticized economic mantras that govern it, their validity, sincerity, and the political and social implications on the indebted polity. This is done by looking at the origins of debt crises, and examining how …


Soldiers And Social Revolution In Ethiopia, Merera Gudina. Jun 1992

Soldiers And Social Revolution In Ethiopia, Merera Gudina.

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The Hidden Dimensions Of The Historical Settlement In Southwestern Africa (December 1988), Jehan Tharwat Rashed Sep 1991

The Hidden Dimensions Of The Historical Settlement In Southwestern Africa (December 1988), Jehan Tharwat Rashed

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Patron And Client, Mona Omran El Shafei May 1990

Patron And Client, Mona Omran El Shafei

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