Impacts of Financial, Food and Fuel Crisis on the Urban Poor

The urban poor are particularly vulnerable in times of crisis due to their heavy reliance on the cash economy, job losses and wage reductions in urban based industries, and no agricultural production to fall back on. Prioritizing investments in cit...

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Main Author:	Baker, Judy L.
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE AIR AIR POLLUTION AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY BASIC EDUCATION BUTTER CA CASH TRANSFERS CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EXTREME POVERTY FINANCIAL SERVICES FLOUR FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD RIOTS FOOD STAMPS FRUIT FUEL FUEL PRICES FUELS FUTURE GENERATIONS GASOLINE GENDER DISPARITY HEAVY RELIANCE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMMIGRANTS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME SUPPORT INDOOR AIR POLLUTION INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS IRRIGATION JOB LOSSES LOW INCOME MALNUTRITION MIGRANTS MIGRATION MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL LEVEL NEW POOR ON URBAN POVERTY POOR POOR AREAS POVERTY REDUCTION PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC WORKS REMITTANCE REMITTANCES RICE RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL EMPLOYMENT SAFETY SAFETY NETS SANITATION SLUM UPGRADING SOCIAL IMPACTS SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL UNREST TARGETING TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION SERVICES UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE URBAN AGRICULTURE URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY URBAN RESIDENTS VEGETABLES VULNERABLE GROUPS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16269200/impacts-financial-food-fuel-crisis-urban-poor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10067

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