Social Consequences of the Global Financial Crisis in Latin America : Some Preliminary, and Surprisingly Optimistic, Conjectures

Surprisingly, the most severe economic crisis the world has seen since the great depression does not appear to have had as dramatic an impact on poverty in Latin America as might have been expected. The exceptions to this heartening assessment are...

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Main Authors:	Ferreira, Francisco H.G., Schady, Norbert
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGGREGATE DEMAND ANTI-POVERTY BENEFICIARY CASH TRANSFERS CHANGES IN POVERTY CURRENCY CURRENCY CRISES DEBT DECLINE IN POVERTY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT BANK DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMIC CONTRACTIONS ECONOMIC CRISES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SHOCKS EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDY EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXTERNAL SHOCKS EXTERNAL TRADE EXTREME POVERTY FINANCIAL CRISIS FISCAL POLICIES GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH ELASTICITY GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATE HEALTH INSURANCE HIGH INFLATION HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SURVEY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME POVERTY INFLATION INFLATION RATES INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS JOBS LABOR ABSORPTION LABOR DEMAND LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOUR LABOUR COST LEVY MANUFACTURING WAGES MICROFINANCE MONETARY POLICY OPEN UNEMPLOYMENT PAYMENT SYSTEMS PAYROLL TAXES PENSION POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESPONSE POLICY RESPONSES POVERTY CHANGES POVERTY DATA POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCREASES POVERTY LINE POVERTY PROGRAMS POVERTY REDUCTION PRO-POOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC WORKS REAL WAGE REAL WAGE DECLINES REAL WAGES REMITTANCE REMITTANCES RETRAINING PROGRAM SAFETY SAFETY NETS SCHOOLING SEVERANCE PAYMENTS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SPENDING SUBSTITUTION EFFECT TAX TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT SCHEMES TRADING UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE URBAN WORKERS VOLATILE REGION VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS WAGE SUBSIDY WORKER WORKERS YOUNG WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/11/11953778/social-consequences-global-financial-crisis-latin-america-some-preliminary-surprisingly-optimistic-conjectures http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10957

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10957

Social Consequences of the Global Financial Crisis in Latin America : Some Preliminary, and Surprisingly Optimistic, Conjectures

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