A NNEX
MA CROECONOMIC , STAB fLlZA TION AND/OR STRUCTURA L ADJUSTMENT POLICIES AND POVERTY
A.> .t.tPdinli,,1wetlOnof1M document.lhere ;•• I"l('Pdto ,peafylin'nde' ofpo.eft~,fweinlPf'odto"'.~e
• qu.ant ita tIW.""Iy<i. cj, .... impact of mac'o-e<;onomi(.Jl. bOliulionlind/ or "fuelUl.l j;ljj\4If'l'lffi1
fdo:Je.
onpowolySuch irod... has to be conveni""l .nd useful. not on/y in .n ~..lional conle.\' but Nos to N~ .ppr~~te
norr,,,tivepi'ope1'tIIM. The typeofpolicin""""tioMd.boYe,are di'Pctfll t""". rds broad seecesofI~ KO/lOmy. UrId...wdl«onomK policyfr. mework.. ..dr.r~tionwill1. - thtotfMled....:1Ot .g.,,"'I I'"nor>-t.Ml'Od_ ; .
~formof 'M '\lncull",.1pAce _ y 1.110< r....,1prodoxe<s 109""" citymm.u....rs aM tr. de ,..formwiI f... 1M e.1lO'tSKIOl'..cj.ins11Mimportcompel in')W'ctor. ApcM'rtyi~x;'' ....'ef"'.. I"l('~ thiltCiOnbe detompm.oble ..crou...ctor. and can ....ity uplufe >K!.o'alshill> .nd .'X!' et!.le themintothe imp;><t ono....,ajlpoverty,
" Pc'ttny lOOn Ant~l imiljgo
Already in19M. Mlle' . Gt~,..nd Jho'bed:eIuodS!J99"1..:l.nIndoo. whichCOW'n rnanyof 1M propeo1J!n indo tP!lolIb<M, tl'tUSpr~1..simi~tindu . "i""""eisdeflotl!'dbyYo,"'"trO'QUf'IIC:YofdPn"ty01iro«>rnJe
ftlJ
lInd.~
pov<'f1y"
byr.
~n !tie powrtyi~.could be'express.<!is '0110""',wher~ b · $ . y.
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p."
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o ,
1"
IntactwhAlwe hive~r.is" t" rNIy ol ...,.ce. IIo1r"."..lnUd by/l Es...nto"olythe ""'" t... It>. ·pow'lyglOp·
(b' 10' u chpool porrson~ " " l<:loon ofee poverty ~ne (!.:l)
,
..',.., tM inc 9~P'.1., 10 . ~' <i 10 ,.I-,,:t·pollf,ty,,-e'r.oon:
~nd ,umS 0' .' tt>.pool unit<. fo' G• 0it " e~ ,yto ,ee Ih~t Ih. me~ ,,,,e (OII~~, 10'"
whe,. Rr.)isth. cumuldt..e d"tnboloncor,~ to.-(.J..,.;.... . ReI)is simplyt~
"".;ld
counl'. 1'0: t~f'"et"'"of un,"b!olow lroe POW'lY~
')om@'.t<JllloIs ha•• <riticiZ«l tt>.head ~OUnl ,,,t>ofor not 1101\'1"9.!Ientio n "I "II to IIowpool "r~ -only 10 tilei,tot al rwmlw, ' , Unle" lho' "t~l;.ninlOit<;~O\Inl by...n,"IIa • I.thi, <ouldIw p. ,ticul. rly impo,tant int~
contut01macr(H'~onomicand,tru(lu, ~1 ~djull menl.alupenditure,I!'dUCIIQnpoIicif-$ for e...m~"'. "HKIboth Ihe number< 01Ihe pooraml lheeXlenl to which theyf.1I be'lowthepove,ty Une
h ' •
p, . .
(-,
jh)dy_AB'"
B.~
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.. lhe ,"~ome9~P r~I>O ~I t~ ".'~g e poo, person', i",ome Y, .P, " somellme, ,e'er,e<! to ., th~·pe,
" p".
"99'e 9" e gop" Infan byclloo>inghighe,.-.1..,.,
ofa.
we~ouldgene,ate evenmor. IMSlto.." ytow ordl i",o m. , ofIr.. poo,e,t 01 tile poor
' A I:,Sen. Povert y~odfam,or AAe$WY00 Ent,t'emfnl and Dcp" YAliOr Oxlord Un..e,sily"' es , 1981.
fOODAND AGRICUlTUR! IN "'RICA· !CAj FAOAg'icullure Divi>ion .Stall PapersNo 1
es
Apa t romItsfl xibirtyan j norma pope res,til p.c ssofindices as on 0 e e m im ture -itissu roupdecompo be. I theov r \I pop latio w r o bedivide into n mutually xd i h ustiv goup • indexedi - 1.2•...•0.andif 4. w r the velu of th poverty sur ingroup
t;
th n(4)
e x,is
JI
Popo ionof po a'onto b oundin group l, , 1
-. 1
( ) p s r asing
a .2•...•nis ul uallyexd usi oft
from t sourc for th sam in
r"i
I;and:bivariat d nsity0 Y, andy, i t epopul ion.cis h co ditio I nsity ofY1' T densiyof is:
r(y)
r
C(Y-Y2 ~p(j.~ 2ere I
wherej i t the margin I
In(4),w ssurne h caseswh r policyafeels
e<o'elopingcountries'0 gener I nd canco ondi n 0 so ces ich esigni.
ogo s b-qou d compo i 0 and c
x becorn
her
(6)
'"
it,....poWrtyi~. '01 l~whoH':IOUfce 2income
is J ..
ASWI' WI" ...litt'f.WI'un. pptytil" ~ byincome~ 10 the ,\1\I!ysisof po¥erTywilh ~lP"nditure .wi1chr'l9",,,,)$Urn2 E!orndjlYfCRed uctio n ,00 Poyfl1y
h peonditure,f'ductiol,shouldtot'lfget.clpe~ ~1m!lhow belowIIw poverty~"rIOinso.Ulf'<!.~not,
f p'09,,,mmeofaw~I"~m.ndcont . Ktiorl...i~bl)Iincrn ,..~_ '1Mq...lIonroo byhow mud! 1 T....
i_'
ofCOU'~Mpendson " MtailO<lspKili,.tion01eKll item of ...po!'tIdOlu'.rfllvct ion'ndonhownelliteom fH<kinto the ;r>come1ofthe poor. Uotilnow.
roo," e",pI 10.""IyletI>ne eneeshas 9O"f ~ndthPotMous l1ile~nl lhat.isk>rocJ
isthepoor be••mor. ol
lilt burden,powrtywiN;nc,uw
bymore, Ho_ ~r,Wfu n d..,iw somebenchmarkq""nl;l iClltion.ollne~k..1yimpact Onpoverty.prOV!de'd. """a" ..ptlIy1il O'd ,epresent " ''''''' of now an KOnOmy~ progr,,.,meof ..~"chlu'"I~ion f..ees through to indMd",,1incOfM''liftI,IlO c~ twowell stylizNl 'PpFI'\f'f'Il'llons: Ttlii'~m isthaIewtyitlc:_ is,,",,-,,O<lby'0 amount ..
(the'idditrw"....00.1)while t....
,..:onc!
isth at ""'e!')'iocomeis.!'d1U<! by"1.001I (I.... 'mullipli(.lliw" ~)_" . ..
The marginal,..pon...01 poverty10 . cha "ge"ioe or
t '\
0..." by Jf'.{~) .~p ,_,tk ~ •.,
r e
1"
(10)
(11)
Uw'9
t~ factthaI p.., >p. i! loI~lllal(11)OSpo5Itrw.as is(10). Co~1'\I1ye.pend't IUreduc tionintf.~ ~rty. Ths isIlO1 surprisi~. butwhat (lOjand(11)
grw
U5 are ~lic"",1ysimple e.prnsions01tr.e ...6<1 resJlOO't' ol po_ly. and tM'" canee
cak ulatedfrom income d,sl"b\J,1O/l da'a ll(IUllllyavail~b1.in
many African countries .let U5 tryto de...p tilt' .""fyiisII Iollle furl~r by ll<sum,...., II uS<' whe'e ...penditure os req",,~ 10 ee rt'dKed bykll.wilereIIos ee Nl ~I...~n,nco_ ~nd I:os1Me>pendrtu'..'..., ....t>anparam,,'t'f. Tt>en.tor,he two modelsof how
th"
muro changefe~l lhr0\l9h '0 1".. microlevel.we Ilave" • 1:..
FOODANO AGRICULTUR E INAfRICA·ECA/FAOAgrKu1ture o;vision . Staff hllt'r\ ""'.1
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(14)
ss
7) (16) (15)
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ap I' dP (e)
- -Po(~)=
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d
of
( ef ide n easur lst
roxima
a '
anin ( ) 0 _
Aslourrlea = 1i. ,t
opo e dit ere uc: io e of t or er of 15 0 l.e.Q' • 0.15.
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-
us.
(I, ,t9 t 01
Y0.24 \lhic
pove tylin isaro nd 1/4 0 9 P
9
o ) ,
"IIch nog
Tofi d rc c ange'n I (e) wh t w needis dP1{ )
P1(.e) d P oS
(tS)
it 1 1
- ,- 4.-=8 s
2
so
pe ur
, • 0.15.
P t cent t
i, " P, (.) wi! inc:r ase by ~"-Ji:E.!-!a.!&l..u W en an
For '" 1,
dP
d -- [A-PI 1-8
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-
( 9)• 00 t int p rc mag c n in
P"
im Iy ivid byP,
toglVI 0 ," ) A
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(1_I )' ,(l -BIo _ '_ll.:.!l
(20)1-, •
• " ,tI ) _~,, '.t .
IfB is 1/2. IMn' ,fI)
B".incru sein
P,_
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ThiJshov<ltNI N:lotMr~inirlc~incruse ~by"'<IChmore IMnmuI~I"'"reductions inil'l<:Ol'M. InttwmuitillliatiYec.lletherichbwmud!
mo<.
~thepoorlowmuchIMs in.bsolut.
I""ms (101' apo
total.oed\lction-.quifl!fTlPOt)..nd.si~...intern ledOn ablolutepcM!'fty. the rnult fllll<>w\, Inatly use.I... Ibc>ve di",,,,,,;,,,, tells us Ih..t ...!.
..
and l.
-B a,. I ... "wnsilM\)' ,"""fli"",nt, "neO<lN to trln,llle micro ,xpoondit_ reduo;t""",into microIX>""'"Yinuu se. -the for...lorlhe additiveu ...I...!.In..forthtmult,pIoo;atr...ca ...
n.e...
can be cakul.>ted rea lOni bly.a1ilyftom I"'"SOt{ 01houseI>oId1UtW'\l'datalhil a ..cur..ntly a . . .bIe in many Altiocan (OUfIlrie.s.Intl>f>d\ocjng lheaM~oJtI1ismodoo!l.(a) alti'lougtlwehave10CU1edon" • I.~st>ouOdbu1eattN' highe,
••Iue. of/I u nbe .tIoIlyzfll~UolIIyusily.•Ithough eedata requiremenl.wouldbemoxnmore"'....; (b)while the nyhled ·addlt'...•.nd 'mullipjiu live' rtj)r~nl. lions 01•..,.,ndllure ..dyctio n a .. Y",fuJ and IMIylicaIIy convenienl. lhey are.1sodo$eawoKlmal""", totheeffectsof.dual policies, Fore..mp1e.cornidof.cylinfood ...body ..pendllU'e which is commonin most stabihz.rrt>on
.rodfOl'
$II"'I", at..:Ii"'I""'nt
pacUgn. _ lhe food 'lUbodyisgivenbv •••
tionedamounlof foodsoldthroug hgovemment r. lion~.1
belowm.rtetpricestoillI'>oull'IloIds(social"lAlriuncountries), .ndlhe••bonu nell~l)obe.noIdonthtopenm.rk~.then lhe eflK'I o'lhesubsidyis10 ina...~hotMhold'sincomebythe..me, Idditiw, lmount
Heoc:. ,.
islhe lllbsidyI,mes lhe .I boned q....n1l1y.•ndwhelMrthe sub1i<tyor lhe q""nlilyi, Clf!. lhe .fflO<t on PO"'\)'i. Ih,oY9h lhe change int On llIeotr..,. hind. let .m""e Ihll Ih. subsidyi. '" lhe nalur. of I neg.l",- indi,~la' i.•. the suMidyis9iY""
on~ry...ilCClIIlUIf>ed. nd noljuslonlherallQOf!d quantily. The n InthisCol.... .cUI,nthesubsidy ••Iewi~allP"OlIirn&lel)ocutincom.inproportion10q....nt'ly consumed ~r.ilq""nblyCOfI1UmedisitwII inproPOrtion 10income.thMweI'eHsentia lyint,,", muItipIic.olive,~tr..-.sf...
use' .
1\isquOle dur~twn.1hok!l lor "" ucl'Oll,nnauo...1absotpbon holds, ....lh oppQ$ile "'In. roo '.-.cr ....' in nolionali",of\'\f! . Wlwt _ have he".I,,",'efor•. is. ""'tl>o<lof
.s..
ssir>g MW'1rKlie down' will"H"" t POve' ty inlhelongruo. Suppose.IOf ... mple-. l!'lal them<IC":KI"bi~l<Il ion, wr>ich reduc.s Iblorplronal a,I,o'eby1Spe, tent incr... lhe ...1growth •• te by2 pertenUge poOntl. 1/,he growthtricklesdoY.n10 tne ml</Olevelin multiplicativemlmer,thMformulIipIicalNt ""'"ofe"PPfl'*l... .edo.cI_ ~~t.h approl<itnilel)o7.S-,e.,slor 1Mpoor10~nlheg.oundI"'"low. IItheellpt<ldrtur.,ect.JclionisadditNotin...1_ .1\woui<Iu k, """" long""(9"'"" Irwnurnt>e<s _ tw.~\IM'dwlore), SYCIl_~ ol...gnotuOt<t>rl<lil U1' ''nough rel1On'O~onten",,,on ," rpt lirlQthe <\lISto ln.t,he poorare prOltct'&,
'Thttnpao OlSl.W,UligO .,4(0'StructuralMi~tmrnl Prog,ammuonlhe BUll!Xal11ofAl" '''nCpY!1"'~
up <om'''9nud;'bytheIoonlECA/fAOAg,lc.u~ure0.", , ;" 1\{May1'.188) n", study ana..,...d~le-renla.po~n01 food .uMidiM and l~poor",gmenl ofthe populenon.
ITh. WorldIIdnkisllckling these illU" within the f'ame"",.k,01 lheirStrutlurllAdjuSI"",nl p,og ram mes ILO.
\IN[ SCOaodFAa a"worlung inI.... ... m, d"O'(1ioo Let u, hopo10. belt.. ,coord,nation;n
It "'"
d,U",nlu..lui elfortsFOOOANDAGRIC ULTUREI~ AfRICA ·rCA/f AO Ag,icullure C.";.ion_Slafl rapo" No 1
3.
Lc us consid r simpl to scalepod ion func ion
ssurnpi n: twosec tor modelsof h mployingtwo factors:
Rj(K1,D).Rz(G.D~
cono y.tw o oods, . constan r turns (21)
The pric softh twogoodsareP, n Pl andt , urnsto h o c01Sa" aJ ndS" S2• of e
sectors. In e shor a m diumrun,wh r actors , immobile acrossthesectors,factor returns r givenby
•
a'R
.:l 2a'n
2-~(12)
efirst ssump·o isth t thepopul tionisdivid into four mutuallyexclusiv nd xhausiv gro upscompo d
of uni hich9 t irincomesolely
r r
a facto in part icular s ctor. Thetot Iincomeso r
ch0 thesefourgroups r
(23)
1 percentch nge in :l n a2, and h t
tha individu Ii comesinth fou groups ,.a'l sJor aJ• illI d o l 0/0 ndo men'S 10 rcaseIet r ,
't is silyseen 1%ch n9 inP,willc.au
a %c a 9 inPJ illcause a 1%c ang i 2a OJ. we supoos
differ b c u of a )( distrib utio of tactor endo rus,a 1
c anqein individualincomes. Thusi w dena eindividu Iir com s a
(24)
and povrt ineachof h foursecto rs can bewrit e Pl,~:
f;<
s-_l)ar
(Ylt)(25)
Assuming he proport io of pop tio n ineach0 fourgrou S
Furt rmor. a • measure a 0 ra pov t yis
68 FOODAND AGRICULTUREINAFRICA· ECA/ ADAgri ultu r Oi ision·"St ff Papers o. 1
(26)
Now, w~can '11t1SIh~ 10t.1euectsonpo't1'l1~ oj.nincl... inIh<-p'ic~of 900d Ia...t a <!l'a . a<eion II><'
~Ctofgood l ~np. "'""')', bya facto<01 p'opo,\io nahlyI" '"do
' o,
.nd Yo, Wt>onP,""a"9""by• faclor 0' p'OI'O,'io n.lfllYX.. so dO
' t,
and '.. . Consequently,"
~dg, ,I,..
• ''' 1 1', -1', )
..~, ~ ~
"
rig, II ... ... '
II',. , .
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"
~
rig , ....
, --a(P,,--""
-1'..-.. 1
L~1u, m.~ea
'n"'....
bl~alsumplion, "ame~ thatnoOW""" Iofc. p,t.1.'~bl'low lhe' po","y"'" Inot<1~,~ctor. lht n• policyc","ngt N wtuch ioclu ,"" 1',and <!ter.. a"", 1', "adl lo
dp,._.,." _ , , ) <1'&, _ .I,"
I"..-r I ~l
(28)<IN .., d!I ... "'dN
., " • 1 and
4 , ._
dg,w~
ol:ll"nON ON
(29)
Eq...,ion(29) 9;'"• P'l'CR_modfor ~1""(m.,qiMltrllKlof ''''''"1...pric..c.h'09"in1"" shorl 10""""'m run, w'-tfOodor mobhly aaouR'<1<>nislow. 11."0showsthat,hot info,m.tion.t'q"" Wil lhe "".d count'I1io. ndincomeg.p '1100inIKhofthe two populatiOllg'oups InI.ct.giventN auumption~Ino 0'"
itllhe
k,
ItId k, groups isbl'low lhe PO't1"ly~"'" wl ....yrIf'f'd 10~""'"C~ C.at>d "'" SKI",.I " 'tr-ibutionl01 incQfM10.110 I""«>nstJuctiotlof "'...A~,.II... .and I~ . Thisshould bepossil*"';09 e';<li"9hou....1'>olditlcomt .nd Ilrpetldit 1 ~ inmanyAf,ian Coutllr.esThesecond I'lUmpl,on'elale, 10Ihe ",edium10 Ioncj le'm I<t na,Oo""'t ,..factor, mo...sc asto eqUi Iil~
lactor IttU' M. TMn ... know Iha l (22t1'Ia,10 be ,epl""K1 by
(30) .nd
V ,.
DJ•X"
X, btco metnd0g er'lOUl,Iubj""t10t....o_ all<OMl, .i" tD, +D, ·O (31)
X,+K, "X (n)
whe,t
K
andV
Ill' ecor>om~ WtOPdisponlbiji"..,oflhe tWOfac:to<s B~ "';fIgl:ht Stol~I·Sam~llOtl lhto,~m. w~know lhat
f090 A~ AGRICULTURE INAf~1CA -EC~AO AqIKullu't O'vi"""·St. ff P.pe" No. I
ss
(33)
L = _
a'p
ts ep's ow 0 oceed om hisb sicresul in rade th ory to quan ificationof the effects on hereb • f ct or.nputj' r unit 0
increase P, illca se or no•the r t ns 0 hef Samuelsonth orem,whi h incomedi ribution.
po r .
Kee in heassumptiont atno own rs of ca italar . poverty,a dfocuin 0 r 'ngs of I bot, ii h (3 )
a chang e in ya Je,v~
net
L-z a sobya c orHthedisribution0 acor ndowm enswithint e d]andd
e c
ors emal un<:h oged h n, 5 efor , wen rite:-dP4_.., =-Q[P~ P~ )
d 6.. · ·1 . '" (35)
dPd,.,.
- I
"'-al P -P )'~-lI .1 ~ ( 6)
ct tion is Cor 2
W can now writ th 0 erall ff c onpo erty of policychang dP
.1
'- -
dPdd,--
ddN... .r - - - -dP~..ss;
Ptl -dC3d dg dN '" dN
asfoil
d 4
PJ~..dN ( 7)
- ddN
"' Ie
:flIP
d,.._l-r
d..1
C,.a
[P:l -, -
Plia. ( )euse t am gap ratio '
de) - -d ,_For a = 1, o t e s
xtrainfor io neededisth Mea countr tio nd
39)
0)
1MrI ill'lOdooJ.bltfoalIM '~....
lJ1is
is.ppIic.1W\o.~ rel.li...poricechar>g~.incJYd,ngilCh'I\9''n
ther~ti.... P"'c~of Iradofod and non-If~llOOjl. ... ~,""'t_.
_ .
J1 5ho<lld N ....led tIwol ,"" _toI, 1 dMsion be1_ lItded lNJ _ ;>dHI1l..-dJ iI "'" ".<o=.~...tlKted" !he 5«10111d, " _ ...ai~ inhouoenold _ _ ,nd.~.... ~
n. . _ ."" tyvl.
IIto.wdon
f tas...
pbOtl 01...c...>duWity01incOlTWsou"",, · no
1I'd<~y"'tl\&,
_ " 011'
lnOfiI""" _ _
ceo ~•...me"I nc.n coum'" ...,
~. whe'i ttvl; ••sumpt>on isNppooprY,e
andr-o.
10t.~O'dCorMlIor• f . . -
JWOCl\ltitI9 ..
pPOItcropn
. 1ocII,IoldtDo:l6crop. SMtng ,,,. ,.,.""of ,, _N _ IJdd MIl _ .odtd<JDQi1j. ....
aflKt both _ _ fat tN ,_ . Tho-_ loon is _ . ItIIS- thcdoIo9t
couldbto~ to IUd'!uws
, -,,', .
...J, ....,1 ,. '
i l _ sfromlhetwoto.nft,!heftit itlowIcl...~wfr~thiM . .!'*tPr'
IJ~from$CUe, Ito~2....~ ,HKlIhe_ dl\tnbutIonI' II, If _ ..eco"side••og ..blllncl!'d~I'"
~Iinojof food~from _ t,tJonI'dcommodity
10"""'" .,lCInI<I
~.tNI'ffft;t0'1~....be lI'fO, lie ' ' ' ',' , .• ••
!iYt
tr~ from IOI.«Jt I to - . 2.".;1 itodH<t1ft«! _ _<:h~IO'd~.andII " Ilwl
e." _ ...
toolonoj ""boolcMtee""~letrw _ In 01"",""cO" I""'",.,.
bJ . , _
byM, l"': mun of "'''''i l" " _ ~eMtl -"Ci I l/lCClmed«ru_
by."cto' ,
,ndeac h """'.01 '11(0_,1'I(' U Sf'lby. fKtOlv .
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o
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Thrs_ 10 ~.b " ly <o m pi",11NlUPl fUI()tI. ""lHc:h ~Oll"flCOO"SOdt'tiblyS1m ploo ,I _
w '
# • 0(i ~co...o.. m.";J...
<1'I.MQ..s)••na
,I _ ,..s100;:1 .1I.nt_10If • I (,~ fh. ~rty\l. P _ _ • P,),1~"',)d>.
(46)
reA is o raI dcoun ratio a A is the h count atioat h co ndition h t sou rce 2in z·
can io to:
(47)
"liz lionan
/0
r cturaladiu mentor from source 1 to source 2 isr
irly toknowth
m ani com frome ch e po yI . Co~qu entlyco
ean of ree
whether poverty wouldincr •
muli licativ shift 0 incom a eintroduc dh re, isth
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