联合国儿基会对126个发展中国家的调查表明在缩减公共开支的近半数国家中，常见的调整措施包括公共部门的减薪或限薪、取消粮食补贴和对已经少得可怜的社会保障体系进行限制和调整。
Our UNICEF survey of 126 developing countries found that among the nearly one-half that are reducing public expenditures, common adjustment measures include public-sector wage cuts or caps, withdrawal of food subsidies, and the targeting and rationalization of already meager social-protection systems.