Growth-Oriented Adjustment Strategies: The Role of Exchange Rate Policies and Trade Liberalization

Abstract

This paper reviews some of the major strands of the debate on growth-oriented adjustment programmes. Section I looks at recent domestic and external trends in developing countries in order to highlight the motivation for increased emphasis on growth with adjustment. Section II discusses general issues underlying growth-oriented adjustment strategies, drawing upon the G-24 report and subsequent work in the Fund; Section III examines the role of the exchange rate in adjustment; and, Section IV examines the role of trade policies in adjustment. Section V offers some concluding thoughts.