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

The effects of the recent financial crisis are only beginning to be felt in many developing countries, but economic activity is declining rapidly with far reaching impacts. This crisis comes at a time when most countries are still struggling with t...

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Main Author: Baker, Judy L.
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/12/10208527/impacts-financial-food-fuel-crisis-urban-poor
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spelling okr-10986-102632021-04-23T14:02:49Z Impacts of Financial, Food, and Fuel Crisis on the Urban Poor Baker, Judy L. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE AIR 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 NUTRITION ON URBAN POVERTY POOR POOR AREAS POOR WOMEN 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 The effects of the recent financial crisis are only beginning to be felt in many developing countries, but economic activity is declining rapidly with far reaching impacts. This crisis comes at a time when most countries are still struggling with the impacts of rising food and fuel prices. Though global food and fuel prices have softened somewhat in recent months from the highs earlier in 2008, there has been much volatility and they are anticipated to remain high over the medium term. It is estimated that the high food and fuel prices alone have increased the number of extremely poor in the world by at least 100 million. While impacts of the crises affect both urban and rural populations, the urban poor have been hit hardest in this recent food and fuel crisis, and in previous financial crisis, given their heavy reliance on the cash economy, no agricultural production to fall back on, and wage reductions and employment losses at urban based industries. This has resulted in social unrest in a number of cities earlier in 2008 all over the developing world. 2012-08-13T10:59:06Z 2012-08-13T10:59:06Z 2008-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/12/10208527/impacts-financial-food-fuel-crisis-urban-poor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10263 English Directions in Urban Development CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURE
AIR
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
NUTRITION
ON URBAN POVERTY
POOR
POOR AREAS
POOR WOMEN
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
spellingShingle AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURE
AIR
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
NUTRITION
ON URBAN POVERTY
POOR
POOR AREAS
POOR WOMEN
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
Baker, Judy L.
Impacts of Financial, Food, and Fuel Crisis on the Urban Poor
relation Directions in Urban Development
description The effects of the recent financial crisis are only beginning to be felt in many developing countries, but economic activity is declining rapidly with far reaching impacts. This crisis comes at a time when most countries are still struggling with the impacts of rising food and fuel prices. Though global food and fuel prices have softened somewhat in recent months from the highs earlier in 2008, there has been much volatility and they are anticipated to remain high over the medium term. It is estimated that the high food and fuel prices alone have increased the number of extremely poor in the world by at least 100 million. While impacts of the crises affect both urban and rural populations, the urban poor have been hit hardest in this recent food and fuel crisis, and in previous financial crisis, given their heavy reliance on the cash economy, no agricultural production to fall back on, and wage reductions and employment losses at urban based industries. This has resulted in social unrest in a number of cities earlier in 2008 all over the developing world.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Baker, Judy L.
author_facet Baker, Judy L.
author_sort Baker, Judy L.
title Impacts of Financial, Food, and Fuel Crisis on the Urban Poor
title_short Impacts of Financial, Food, and Fuel Crisis on the Urban Poor
title_full Impacts of Financial, Food, and Fuel Crisis on the Urban Poor
title_fullStr Impacts of Financial, Food, and Fuel Crisis on the Urban Poor
title_full_unstemmed Impacts of Financial, Food, and Fuel Crisis on the Urban Poor
title_sort impacts of financial, food, and fuel crisis on the urban poor
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/12/10208527/impacts-financial-food-fuel-crisis-urban-poor
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10263
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