person. In general, people tried to resolve economic problems by applying purely mathematical and quantitative formulae, without considering their effect on flesh-and-blood human beings, with their needs, ideals and rights. The human condition was not merely a metaphysical concept; it could be measured by means of parameters such as the infant mortality rate, the malnutrition rate, income levels, etc. Consequently, human factors must be taken into account in the macro-economic adjustment policies dictated by the debt problem. E/CN.4/1990/SR.16 page 12 49. However, the indications were that the world was beginning to take those factors into account. For example, Peru had just signed a frame agreement with the International Monetary Fund, in which the human factor had been taken into account in drawing up the medium-term adjustment programme which the country would have to apply in order to normalize its relations with the international financial community. Under the agreement, which had proved difficult to negotiate, the adjustment plan was primarily intended to increase the percentage of the active population with suitable employment and to raise the real purchasing power of wages. Secondly, the economic adjustment measures should include measures to prevent negative effects on the low-income urban and rural population, or at least provide some compensation for them. Thirdly, the programme took into account the high economic and social cost of such factors as armed subversion, drug trafficking, unemplo3rment and low incomes, all of which undermined the foundations of democracy. That new approach was a very healthy one, and his delegation hoped that the frame agreement would mark the beginning of a new trend in the economic adjustment programmes which the Commission would be called upon to consider. 50. Moreover, Mr. Danilo Turk, the Special Rapporteur of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, who had been 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the importance of considering human factors in macro-economic adjustment policies, specifically in the context of debt problems and economic adjustment programs. It highlights the need to balance economic goals with social and human concerns, such as employment, income levels, and the well-being of low-income populations. This suggests that the category should be related to economic development and social welfare.

**Category**
Economic development, Employment, Humanitarian aid and relief