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This is UNICEF’s 2nd volume on its analysis of how economic conditions of most developing countries worsened during the 1980s, forcing the World Bank and the IMF to introduce strict structural adjustment policies (SAPs). These SAPs accelerated the deterioration of the most vulnerable groups, including children, through neglect of social welfare interventions, health and nutrition. In light of the widespread poverty, UNICEF’s alternative policies, “Adjustment with a human face” are “designed to protect the conditions of the vulnerable during periods of economic decline and adjustment as well as accelerating economic growth over the medium and long term”. This Volume provides country studies to help the reader understand, in-depth the effects of the economic recession on each country and those of SAPs. The countries are Botswana, Ghana, Zimbabwe, the Phillipines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Jamaica. The basic format used for each study is a description of the initial conditions, the effects of the economic deterioration and macro-economic responses, analysis of development policies and the countrys’ compensatory programs in response to its socio-economic problems and the conclusion. Each country chapter also includes a series of tables giving such data as economic indicators, budget deficits, wage increases, income distribution and nutritional status of children.