assistance. Such conditionalities include massive exchange-rate devaluation, high interest rates, drastic reduction in government exoendi tures, credit and wage restraints and or ice decontrol. The fact that some, if not most, of those policy prescriptions presuppose a certain amount of structural flexibility, which is normally lacking in a developing economy, is usuallY ignored. In general, the adjustment policies pursued seem to be incomplete, if not altogether inappropriate, given the state of our economies, because, first, the measures pursued have been implemented as if fiscal, trade and price balances were ends in themselves and were virtuallY complete for stimulating the required Production increases, and secondly, given the magnitude of the external and internal imbalances, as well as the weak economic structure, implementation of adjustment programmes has led to considerable social costs, especially to the vulnerable groups. Such economic and social costs have increasingly become a source of concern among policy makers in many developing countries. Needless to say, while such adjustment policies and programmes maY to a certain extent have facilitated improvements, oarticularly in agricultural production, as wac:; the case in my own countrv, the United Republic of Tanzania, as well as the provision of consumer goods in the shops -commodities Which few people can afford in arw case -it is an the socio-huma'\ dimensions that the cost of the International Monetary Fund-World Bank type of adjustments has been incalculable. The first casualty of the drastic budgetarv cuts, for example, wac:; the neglect, almost to the point of total collapse, of such critical social services as education and health, with serious consequences for the welfare of the ordinary JP/jg A/S-18/PV. 8 98 (Mr. Malima, United Republic of Tanzania) population. Similarly, the freezing of wages, coupled with general price decontrol, has reduced the purchasing power of practically all public-service 
**Analysis**
The text primarily discusses the challenges and consequences of economic adjustment policies implemented in developing countries, focusing on the negative impacts on the population, particularly the vulnerable groups. The author highlights the importance of considering the socio-human dimensions of these policies and their effects on essential services such as education and health. The text does not explicitly mention natural resources, agriculture, industry, transport, communication, international trade, culture, or science and technology, which suggests that these categories are not directly relevant. The text's primary focus on economic development and its consequences on human well-being makes it most likely to fit into the categories of economic development and employment.

**Category**
Economic development, Employment