Living through crises [[electronic resource] ] : how the food, fuel, and financial shocks affect the poor / / Rasmus Heltberg, Naomi Hossain, and Anna Reva, editors

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (306 p.)
• Disciplina: 339.4/6
• Soggetto topico: Poor; Cost and standard of living; Financial crises - Social aspects; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 - Social aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HeltbergRasmus HossainNaomi RevaAnna
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; About the Editors; About the Authors; Study Team and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Living through Crises: An Overview; Tables; 1. A Mix of Vulnerabilities and Resilience Is Evident in Coping Responses; Figures; 1. Transmission Channels; Chapter 1. Anatomy of Coping: Evidence from People Living through the Crises of 2008-11; 1.1. Coping Mechanisms Determine the Ultimate Impact of Shocks; 1.1. Coping Responses Cited as Common or Very Common; Chapter 2. Bangladesh: Pathways and Impacts of the Global Economic Shocks ; 2.1. The Impacts of the World Financial Crisis on Economic Growth Rates in Selected Asian Countries, 2006-122.2. Prices of Staple Foods, 2008-11; 2.1. Livelihood Changes in Bangladesh, 2010-11; Chapter 3. Crisis Monitoring among Low-Income Workers in Cambodia: Monitoring Vulnerabilities and Discovering Resilience; 3.1. Cambodia and the 2008-09 Global Economic Crisis; 3.2. Sample of Income and Consumption Monitoring and Focus Group Discussions, 2009-10; 3.1. Real Daily Income for Cyclo Drivers, Motortaxi Drivers, and Ricefield Workers ; 3.2. Real Daily Income for Garment Workers, Waitresses, and Tourism WorkersChapter 4. Impact of the Economic Crisis in the Central African Republic: Quantitative and Qualitative Assessments; 4.1. Central African Republic: Development Indicators; 4.2. Impact on Poverty of an Increase in Selected Food and Fuel Prices, 2008; 4.3. Share of Households Exposed to Different Types of Shocks; 4.4. Share of Households Benefiting from Outside Support in Case of Shocks; Chapter 5. Risk and Resilience: Summary of Rapid Qualitative Assessments of Social Impacts of the Economic Crisis in Kazakhstan ; 5.1. Employment Strategy ActivitiesChapter 6. Crises in Kenya: Living with Hunger in an Era of Economic and Political Shocks; 6.1. Consumer Price Index, 2009-11; 6.2. Livelihood Diversification Strategies Reported in Mukuru in 2010; 6.3. Food-Related Adjustments Reported in 2009, 2010, and 2011; Chapter 7. Coping with the Global Economic Crisis in Mongolia: Findings from Focus Group Discussions; 7.1. Summary of Major Impacts during the Four Rounds of Research; Chapter 8. Perceptions of the Economic Crisis and Poverty in Senegal: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis ; 8.1. Senegal: Development Indicators, 2000-098.2. Trends in Poverty Measures in Senegal, 1994-95, 2001-02, 2005-06; 8.3. Trends in Subjective Well-Being in Senegal, 2001-02, 2005-06; 8.1. Trends in Levels of Satisfaction for Basic Needs in Senegal, 2001-02, 2005-06; 8.4. Potential Impact of an Increase in Food Prices on Poverty in Senegal, 2005-06; Chapter 9. Economic and Political Crises in Thailand: Social Impacts and Government Responses; Box; 9.1 Thailand's Political Crisis; 9.1. Key Indicators; 9.2. Daily Wages of Informal Workers of HomeNet, Klong Toey Slum, Bangkok, 2008 and 2009 ; 9.3. Main Coping Strategies Used by the Groups in the Sample during Q1 2009 and Q1 2010
• Sommario/riassunto: What did the global food, fuel, and financial crises of 2008-11 mean to people living in the developing world? How did people cope with the crisis and how effective were they at averting major impacts? These are the questions addressed by this book, which emerged out of qualitative crisis monitoring initiatives carried out by IDS and the World Bank. As such, this is not a book about the causes of the crisis or how to prevent future crises. Instead, this book is about how people lived through the severe economic turmoil of recent years, how they were affected, and what they did to cope, present
• Titolo autorizzato: Living through crises
• ISBN: 1-280-48672-4; 9786613581952; 0-8213-9460-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461400103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New frontiers of social policy.