Macro-micro framework for analysis of the impact of structural adjustment on the poor in sub-Saharan Africa

Given the complexity of interactions at the micro, sectoral, and macro levels, it is nearly impossible to have intuition and make evaluations of impacts of policy changes without recourse for comparison, to states of the economy that would prevail under different alternative scenarios. These latter "counterfactual" pictures of the economy, however, can only be viewed with the help of descriptive empirical models. This monograph presents an empirical modeling methodology suitable for the analysis of the impact of macro and sectoral economic policies on households. While the methodology is general enough to be used for analysis of impacts on all types of households, it is particularly focused on the poorer types, namely those about which much recent concern has arisen. (Author abstract)