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Addresses the shortcomings of SAP's, Structural Adjustment Programs implemented by IFI's, International Financial Institutions, such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund., and the subsequent production of the PRSP, Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, under the new thinking of the PWC, or Post Washington Consensus. Contends, from a neo-Gramscian viewpoint, that the PRSP is merely a way for Neoliberal policy to retain its toehold on underdeveloped nations in light of a large anti-Neoliberal push in these same nations, while also applauding some of the better developments from these newer policies. One such overall policy is local hegemony inclusion that strikes against poverty and gives economic incentives such as improved health care. Shows that while the IFI's Sourcebook, or eorking plan book of how the new SAP's should work, have made modifications from its original, pre-1990's paradigm, these changes are few. Investigates the World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy as it unfolded in Nicaragua to the point that now the regime in Nicaragua has become one of an inclusive neoliberal mindset. With respect to Nicaragua and in to other countries in general, examines the many guidelines of PRSP's, most of which continue to maintain a neoliberal basis. Ends by questioning the place of PRSP's in the third world and warns that predicting the future is elusive at best. References. S. Fullmer

A challenging budget environment during the Harper years has meant that crucial investments in the social determinants of health (SDHs) have increasingly been neglected. The tabling of what is widely considered a more progressive budget with expansionary fiscal elements under the new Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, raises the question as to what extent this budget invests in policy areas that are crucial for achieving a more equitable distribution in the social determinants of health, as promised in the Liberal party platform. In this commentary, we argue that the first Liberal budget represents a step in the right direction, but that this first step needs to be followed up with a sustained commitment to address the pervasive (and unfair) social inequalities that are the root cause of persistent health inequities in Canada. We conclude that the first Trudeau budget, while moving in the right direction, does not fully embody the sustained policy changes needed to effectively address SDHs, including a more expansive role for the federal government in the redistribution of income and wealth.