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Terms that are on use on this site.
There are 132 entries in this glossary.
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| SAP |
Structural Adjustment Program. A process imposed on poor countries in which they must privatize
services, export more, and reduce the government's role in
the economy in order to access International Monetary Fund/World
Bank loans. Structural adjustment programs have brought devastation
to vulnerable citizens of poor countries as they lose more
of their few protections and services.
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| Sovereignty |
The principle that the state exercises absolute power over its territory, system of government, and population.
Accordingly, the internal authority of the state supersedes that of all other bodies.
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| Structural Adjustment |
A process imposed on poor countries in which they must privatize
services, export more, and reduce the government's role in
the economy in order to access International Monetary Fund/World
Bank loans. Structural adjustment programs have brought devastation
to vulnerable citizens of poor countries as they lose more
of their few protections and services.
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| Sustainability |
A socialist/Marxist expansion of the concept of transfer of wealth between classes, except that it concerns current verses future generations.
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