Economic and Social Development – 1998

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Economic and Social Development – 1998

1998

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No substantive socio-economic reforms took place. “The government relied on bilateral and multilateral aid for operating expenses and public investment and is strongly induced to adhere to structural adjustment programs designed by the IMF and the World Bank.”1 Industrial development was handicapped by the shortage of capital and skilled labor and by the country’s weak infrastructure.2

  1. “CIA Factbook, Niger,” 1998.
  2. “Niger: Africa review 1998,” Africa Review World of Information, March 1998.