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What (who) is sight adjustment - definition

PROVISION OF LOANS BY THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND WORLD BANK TO COUNTRIES THAT EXPERIENCED ECONOMIC CRISES
Structural adjustment program; Structural Adjustment Program; Structural adjustment loan; Structural adjustment policy; Structural Adjustment Loans; Structural Adjustment Loan; Structural adjustment loans; Structural adjustment programs; Structural Adjustment Programs; Structural adjustments; Structural Adjustment Programme; Structural Adjustment Policies; Structural adjustment programme; Structural reforms

Sighting in         
  • Sighting in from a bench rest
  • A useful target for sighting in showing an eight-shot group requiring sight adjustment to move averaged point of impact to the left.
  • Sighting in from a stable sitting position
ACTION TO PLACE PROJECTILE AT A PREDICTABLE IMPACT POSITION
In ranged weapons such as firearms and artillery pieces, sighting in or sight-in is a preparatory or corrective calibration of the sights with the goal that the projectile (e.g.
Adjustment (psychology)         
BEHAVIOURAL PROCESS OF BALANCING CONFLICTING NEEDS, OR NEEDS AGAINST OBSTACLES IN THE ENVIRONMENT
Psychological adjustment; Personal adjustment
In psychology, adjustment is that condition of a person who is able to adapt to changes in their physical, occupational, and social environment. In other words, adjustment refers to the behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs challenged by obstacles in the environment.
gunsight         
  • Mark III free gun reflector sight mk 9 variant
  • A view through a 20× power telescopic sight
DEVICE FOR ALIGNMENT AND AIMING OF A WEAPON
Hunter-killer sight; Optical sight; Gun sight; Gunsight; Sights; Gunsights; Pre-sighted artillery
¦ noun a device on a gun enabling it to be aimed accurately.

Wikipedia

Structural adjustment

Structural adjustment programs (SAPs) consist of loans (structural adjustment loans; SALs) provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) to countries that experience economic crises. Their purpose is to adjust the country's economic structure, improve international competitiveness, and restore its balance of payments.

The IMF and World Bank (two Bretton Woods institutions) require borrowing countries to implement certain policies in order to obtain new loans (or to lower interest rates on existing ones). These policies are typically centered around increased privatization, liberalizing trade and foreign investment, and balancing government deficit. The conditionality clauses attached to the loans have been criticized because of their effects on the social sector.

SAPs are created with the stated goal of reducing the borrowing country's fiscal imbalances in the short and medium term or in order to adjust the economy to long-term growth. By requiring the implementation of free market programmes and policy, SAPs are supposedly intended to balance the government's budget, reduce inflation and stimulate economic growth. The liberalization of trade, privatization, and the reduction of barriers to foreign capital would allow for increased investment, production, and trade, boosting the recipient country's economy. Countries that fail to enact these programmes may be subject to severe fiscal discipline. Critics argue that the financial threats to poor countries amount to blackmail, and that poor nations have no choice but to comply.

Since the late 1990s, some proponents of structural adjustments (also called structural reform), such as the World Bank, have spoken of "poverty reduction" as a goal. SAPs were often criticized for implementing generic free-market policy and for their lack of involvement from the borrowing country. To increase the borrowing country's involvement, developing countries are now encouraged to draw up Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs), which essentially take the place of SAPs. Some believe that the increase of the local government's participation in creating the policy will lead to greater ownership of the loan programs and thus better fiscal policy. The content of PRSPs has turned out to be similar to the original content of bank-authored SAPs. Critics argue that the similarities show that the banks and the countries that fund them are still overly involved in the policy-making process. Within the IMF, the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility was succeeded by the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, which is in turn succeeded by the Extended Credit Facility.