TITLE:
The Need for Structural Adjustment: Was It Essential for African Countries over the Decade of the 80’s? An Econometric Analysis Using Count Data Models
AUTHORS:
Samuel Ambapour
KEYWORDS:
Structural Adjustment, Count Models, Poisson Model, Negative Binomial Model
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Statistics,
Vol.7 No.4,
August
7,
2017
ABSTRACT: Several economists agree to say that the need for adjustment was essential for
African countries over the decade of the 80’s. The econometric analysis of a
sample of 28 sub-Saharan African countries, from variables regarded as “representatives”
for the adjustment objectives, proves that this assertion cannot
be completely rejected.