Boom, crisis, and adjustment : the macroeconomic experience of developing countries / I.M.D. Little, Richard N. Cooper ; W. Max Corden, Sarath Rajapatirana.

Preface, ix -- 1. Introduction, 1 -- 2. A brief of the world economy, 8 -- 3. The period of cheap and easy credit: 1973-1979, 29 -- 4. Heading for crisis: 1979-1982, 74 -- 5. A slow recovery for most: 1983-1989, 103 -- 6. Inflation in the eighteen countries, 150 -- 7. Stories of high inflation and stabilization, 174 -- 8. Exchange rate policy: Devaluations and regime changes, 219 -- 9. Trade polices: tightening and liberalization, 24 -- 10. Fiscal and monetary policies, 298 -- 11. Macroeconomic management and Long-Rum growth, 344 -- 12. The political economy of stabilization and adjustment, 360 -- 13. Conclusion: The lessons of experience, 394 -- Annex I: Country studies, 405 -- Annex II: tables, 409 -- Notes, 415 -- References, 433 -- Index of subjects, 447 -- Index of names, 453.