Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Kaiserslautern, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis--Universität Konstanz, 1990. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-184).

This study focuses on the economic and political transformation of the Egyptian state after it applied neoliberal structural adjustment policies in May 1991, as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank had required in return for foreign debt restructuring. It demonstrates how the Egyptian state was transformed from the etatist system that had characterized it since the 1952 revolution. Using the etatist system as a basic concept for understanding the Egyptian state since 1952 aids comparison among the historical periods that followed, in that the two distinguishing components of this system are a domestically-oriented development strategy and social welfare programs. The key hypothesis guiding this study is that the application of structural adjustment programs has been a factor powerfully transforming the etatist systems of the Nasser and Sadat periods. The study shows how this particular post-etatist" state has withdrawn considerably from such social welfare policies as subsidizing food and other basic goods, and providing health and other social services. Similarly, continuing a trend that began with the infitah (partial economic liberalization) policies of the Sadat period, the Egyptian state has abandoned its active role in economic development, leaving it to the domestic private sector and to foreign investors. The present research shows how this state has withdrawn to a great degree from ownership of business enterprises, and has substantially reduced regulation of private enterprises." / Ph. D.

<p>Monetary funding to developing countries is today accompanied by so called “Structural Adjustment Programs” (SAPs) imposed by the IMF and the World Bank, consisting of economical policy reforms that the countries have to undergo in order to be eligible for loans. The impact of these adjustment loans is widely criticized due to the negative effects observed. Our purpose is to investigate in depth why these adjustment programs have not delivered the expected results. We’ve found that there exist some undesirable consequences following SAP implementation that has a hindering effect on growth. These, combined with the complicate context in which the IMF and World Bank operates can be seen as the explanation for the adversity experienced.</p>

Monetary funding to developing countries is today accompanied by so called “Structural Adjustment Programs” (SAPs) imposed by the IMF and the World Bank, consisting of economical policy reforms that the countries have to undergo in order to be eligible for loans. The impact of these adjustment loans is widely criticized due to the negative effects observed. Our purpose is to investigate in depth why these adjustment programs have not delivered the expected results. We’ve found that there exist some undesirable consequences following SAP implementation that has a hindering effect on growth. These, combined with the complicate context in which the IMF and World Bank operates can be seen as the explanation for the adversity experienced.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri--Columbia, 1994. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [144]-147).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of the Philippines, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 285-305).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Stanford University, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 309-323).

Inspired by the contestatory debate over whether globalisation has brought more benefits or disadvantages, and feminist movements all over the world gaining more agency and leverage every day, this paper is an attempt to connect said components. Morocco is a case where both are highly present. Elements such as the country’s location with neighbouring countries on two continents, a history of a fight for independence, an economy that has undergone major reorganisation, and exceptional feminist movements, will prove paramount for the paper. The purpose is to study whether the feminist movements in Morocco have had a positive impact on the situation of female labourers, a group that has grown rapidly due to a combination of aforementioned elements. Theories of New Institutional Economics, the disproportionate effects of structural adjustment on women, and the importance of social movements to achieve change will be applied in an attempt to find connections. A frame analysis will be carried out and compared to legislative changes affecting female workers, to test whether these theories can be confirmed or dismissed. The results indicate that there is reason to believe that feminist movements have had an influence on labour rights legislation, and also that Morocco is more complex in this aspect than it might initially have seemed.

The first chapter compares two types of univariate endogenous one-break unit root tests, namely the Dickey-Fuller (DF) type and the Schmidt-Phillips Lagrange Multiplier (LM) type tests. To investigate the small-sample properties of these tests, they are applied to the Nelson-Plosser macroeconomic time series with bootstrapped critical values used for unit root inference. Simulation results show that breaks under the null for the observed data are of sufficient magnitude to lead to size distortion for the DF-type tests, whereas the LM-type tests generally exhibit satisfactory size performance and possess the invariance property. Furthermore, in implementing the LM-type tests, the one that uses the minimum sum of squared residuals break selection method demonstrates better performance over the one that employs the minimum statistic break selection method. / The second chapter proposes LM type panel unit root test procedures with structural changes based on the group mean and combination test approaches. The proposed test procedures allow for breaks under both the null and alternative, and capture heterogeneity due to individual specific characteristics. The same set of distributions of the underlying individual LM statistics can be utilized to compute the panel statistics for the cases with no breaks and with intercept breaks as a result of the invariance property. Simulation results demonstrate that the inverse normal test exhibits the best overall finite-sample properties measured in terms of size and power. When break dates are unknown, the minimum sum of squared residuals break selection method is preferred. The bootstrap approach is suggested to account for cross-sectional dependence. / The third chapter studies panel cointegration tests dealing with two manifestations of structural changes, viz. breaks in the cointegrating relationship and breaks in the trend functions of time series. The importance of accounting for these breaks is highlighted using a simulation study. Finite-sample properties of the Gregory-Hansen (GH) type and LM type tests incorporating breaks in the cointegrating relationship are assessed. Two variants of the LM type tests are further examined in the presence of cross-sectional dependence taking on a factor structure. In the course of test comparison, some modifications are also suggested. A novel test procedure, based on the LM approach, is devised when trend functions of time series are subjected to breaks. Unlike existing tests, this procedure permits unknown breaks under both the null and alternative that can differ in locations among the variables under study. / This thesis investigates panel unit root and cointegration tests with structural changes that are generalizations of their univariate counterparts. Small-sample properties of two well-established univariate test procedures are first assessed using the bootstrap approach. Extensions of these procedures in the panel framework are then examined. / "February 2008." / Adviser: Win Lin Chou. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-08, Section: A, page: 3266. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-305). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest dissertations and theses, [201-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / School code: 1307.