01753cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF004592 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451844740 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Chand, Sheetal. Poverty Alleviation in a Financial Programming Framework : An Integrated Approach / Sheetal Chand, Parthasarathi Shome. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1995. 1 online resource (28 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 Poverty alleviation is typically addressed in financial programming through additive programs that target vulnerable groups but without modifying the underlying stabilization and adjustment targets. Instead, this paper integrates the poverty alleviation objective into the financial programming framework using a well-known poverty index. In consequence, the assessment of trade-offs between competing objectives is facilitated. A simulation demonstrates how the integrated approach can reduce adverse effects on poverty and improve the balance of payments, although at the cost, temporarily, of a higher fiscal deficit and inflation. Mode of access: Internet Shome, Parthasarathi. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1995/029 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1995/029/001.1995.issue-029-en.xml IMF e-Library