Structural Adjustment Programs - Economic programs which countries must follow in order to qualify for new World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans and help them make debt repayments on the older debts owed to commercial banks, governments and the World Bank. Although SAP's are designed for individual countries but have common guiding principles and features which include export-led growth; privatisation and liberalisation; and the efficiency of the free market.
This video represents how SAP's have come and eaten away Niger's
economy. They can no longer afford to feed their own people, and they
are now mainly focused on making money to repay debt.
This video explains how SAP's negatively affect the country being tied to them.
This cartoon represents how the big corporations come into third world countries and attempt to make as much money as possible, not worrying about the effects they will cause on the people.
Structural Adjustment Programs - Economic programs which countries must follow in order to qualify for new World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans and help them make debt repayments on the older debts owed to commercial banks, governments and the World Bank. Although SAP's are designed for individual countries but have common guiding principles and features which include export-led growth; privatisation and liberalisation; and the efficiency of the free market.
economy. They can no longer afford to feed their own people, and they
are now mainly focused on making money to repay debt.
This cartoon represents how the big corporations come into third world countries and attempt to make as much money as possible, not worrying about the effects they will cause on the people.