The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Poverty and Income Distribution : Insights from Simulations in Selected Countries

As the financial crisis has spread through the world, the lack of real-time data has made it difficult to track its impact in developing countries. The authors use a micro-simulation approach to assess the poverty and distributional effects of the...

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Main Authors:	Habib, Bilal, Narayan, Ambar, Olivieri, Sergio, Sanchez, Carolina
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGGREGATE INEQUALITY AGGREGATE POVERTY CHRONICALLY POOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT ECONOMIC POLICY EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION EXTREMELY POOR PEOPLE FINANCIAL CRISIS FOOD PRICES GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GINI COEFFICIENT GLOBAL POVERTY HIGHER INEQUALITY HISTORICAL DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOME SHOCKS INCOME SOURCE INCOME SOURCES INCOMES INDICATOR OF POVERTY INEQUALITY LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LEVELS OF VULNERABILITY MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS MIDDLE CLASS PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY DESIGN POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL ECONOMY IMPLICATIONS POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL GAP RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SIGNIFICANT IMPACT URBAN AREAS VULNERABLE GROUPS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/03/12030853/impact-financial-crisis-poverty-income-distribution-insights-simulations-selected-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10206

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The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Poverty and Income Distribution : Insights from Simulations in Selected Countries

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