Social policy as a missing component in post-crisis programs of Bretton Woods Institutions : a comparative analysis of the experiences of Argentina, Indonesia and Turkey

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This study investigates the socioeconomic effects of the economic crises and the post-crisis programs based on the experiences of Argentina, Indonesia and Turkey. For this purpose, main socioeconomic indicators of these countries are analyzed for the 1990-2002 period by utilizing the before-after methodology. The comparative analysis of the results shows that significant deteriorations in the socioeconomic indicators of these countries had occurred in the crisis periods. In addition, the social policy components of post-crisis programs of these countries are analyzed. In this regard, it is found that the governments and the BWIs are more likely to incorporate active social policy measures, which would mitigate the negative socioeconomic effects of the crises on the households, into the post-crisis programs under the presence of significant public pressure emanating from social protests.

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Economic Growth, Development, Planning.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/14431

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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M. Koyuncu, “ Social policy as a missing component in post-crisis programs of Bretton Woods Institutions : a comparative analysis of the experiences of Argentina, Indonesia and Turkey,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2004.