Fund-Supported Programs, Fiscal Policy, and Income Distribution

Abstract

The following symbols have been used throughout this paper: ... to indicate that data are not available;-to indicate that the figure is zero or less than half the final digit shown, or that the item does not exist;-between years or months (e.g., 1979-81 or January-June) to indicate the years or months covered, including the beginning and ending years or months;/ between years (e.g., 1980/81) to indicate a crop or fiscal (financial) year."Billion" means a thousand million.Minor discrepancies between constituent figures and totals are due to rounding.iv ©International Monetary Fund. Not for Redistribution Prefatory NoteThis is the third in a group of three papers dealing with various aspects of Fundsupported adjustment programs. The other two, Fund-Supported Adjustment Programs and Economic Growth by Mohsin Kahn and Malcolm D. Knight, of the Fund's Research Department, and The Global Effects of Fund-Supported Adjustment Programs by Morris Goldstein, also of the Research Department, were published earlier in the Fund's Occasional Paper Series. The three papers were the basis for a discussion at a seminar held in the Fund's Executive Board in September 1985, and the published versions reflect the comments and suggestions made at that time by Executive Directors. The views expressed in the present study are the authors' alone, however, and should not necessarily be attributed to Executive Directors or to the Fund.Many staff members of the Fiscal Affairs Department participated in the preparation of this study. It was therefore truly a departmental effort. Those who contributed specific sections were

Government Pay Policies and Structural Adjustment

“…2/ In addition, at lower levels, a special pay scheme designed to address problems of recruiting and retaining qualified staff in certain occupational and regional areas, which was introduced in 1962, has increasingly been used. Between 1977 and1986, the number of positions eligible for a higher pay has risen from 8,000 to 37,000.…”