Is Uruguay More Resilient This Time? Distributional Impacts of a Crisis Similar to the 2001/02 Argentine Crisis

The 2001/02 Argentine crisis had a profound impact on Uruguay's economy. Uruguay's gross domestic product shrank by 17.5 percent and the proportion of people living below the poverty line doubled in just two years. It took almost 10 years...

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Main Authors:	Cabanillas, Oscar Barriga, Lugo, Maria Ana, Nielsen, Hannah, Rodriguez Castelan, Carlos, Zanetti, Maria Pia
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ADVERSE SELECTION AGRICULTURE ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE ANNUAL RATE AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE INCOME BASE YEAR BENCHMARK BUSINESS CYCLES CAPITAL FLIGHT CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CENTRAL BANK CENTRALIZATION COMPETITIVENESS DEBT DECLINING INEQUALITY DEMAND SIDE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISTRIBUTION EFFECT DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC STUDIES ESTIMATES OF POVERTY EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE REGIME EXPECTED RETURN EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION EXPORTS EXTERNAL SHOCKS EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE EXTREME POVERTY LINES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL MARKETS FOOD BASKET FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FORECASTS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH PROJECTIONS GROWTH RATES HEALTH CARE HEALTH INSURANCE HIGH INFLATION HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HISTORICAL DATA HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD LEVEL DATA HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING SUBSIDIES IMPACT ON POVERTY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME CHANGE INCOME COMPONENTS INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME GROWTH INCOME GROWTH RATE INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOME QUINTILE INCOME SOURCES INCOME TRANSFERS INCREASED INEQUALITY INCREASING SHARE INEQUALITY INFLATION RATE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKETS LIQUIDITY MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS MACROECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES MARKET INCOME MEAN GROWTH MEAN INCOME MEAN INCOME GROWTH MEDIAN INCOME MEDIUM TERM MIDDLE CLASS MONETARY POLICY MORAL HAZARD NEGATIVE GROWTH NEGATIVE IMPACT NEGATIVE SHOCK NEGATIVE SHOCKS NET EXPORTS OBSERVED EVOLUTION OBSERVED GROWTH OBSERVED POVERTY REDUCTION PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY DESIGN POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY OPTIONS POLICY REFORM POLICY RESEARCH POOR POOR PEOPLE POOR POPULATION POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY DECLINES POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY MITIGATION POVERTY POVERTY POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY SEVERITY PRICE CHANGES PRIMARY PRODUCTS PRIVATE CONSUMPTION PROPORTIONAL CHANGE PUBLIC TRANSFERS PUBLIC WORKS REAL GDP REAL GROWTH REAL INCOME RISK AVERSION RURAL RURAL AREAS SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECURITY TARGETING TOTAL OUTPUT UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE URBAN AREAS URBAN GROWTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/04/19455955/uruguay-more-resilient-time-distributional-impacts-crisis-similar-200102-argentine-crisis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18334