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structural adjustment

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables
struc-tural ad-just-ment
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The offering of loans by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to countries experiencing economic crisis, with the aim of adjusting their economic structure, improving international competitiveness, and restoring the balance of payments.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

structural adjustments (plural)

Phrases

structural adjustment loan structural adjustment program

Questions

What does structural adjustment mean?
The offering of loans by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to countries experiencing economic crisis, with the aim of adjusting their economic structure, improving international competitiveness, and restoring the balance of payments.

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