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Shortly after 1979 World Bank introduced loans that emphasized reforms in trade, agriculture industry public enterprise financial energy education or other sectors and were know as ?

Correct answer: B. sectoral adjustment loans

  • A. Structural adjustment loans
  • B. sectoral adjustment loans
  • C. internal adjustment loans
  • D. external leverage loans

Explanation

Sectoral adjustment loans were introduced to support reforms in particular sectors such as agriculture, industry, energy, education and public enterprises. Structural adjustment loans were broader economy-wide programmes, making sectoral adjustment loans the more precise term here.

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