01756cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF002981 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451853513 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Brekk, Odd. Assessing the Impact of Structural Adjustmenton the Poor : The Case of Malawi / Odd Brekk, Ronald Hicks. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1991. 1 online resource (30 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper applies, through a case study on Malawi, a simple methodology indicating the first-round (i.e., price) effects of macroeconomic policies on real earnings of the poor. As the economic program in Malawi has not involved substantial exchange rate action or cuts in subsidies, the real incomes of the poor have been most clearly affected by the pricing policies of the agricultural parastatal and the overall anti-inflationary measures incorporated in the program; developments in minimum wages have also been important. The study suggests that, on balance, these various factors have led to an increase in real incomes of the poor over the program period. Mode of access: Internet Hicks, Ronald. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1991/112 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1991/112/001.1991.issue-112-en.xml IMF e-Library