Understanding the Poverty Impact of the Global Financial Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean

Any time there is an economic crisis; there is the very real potential that its consequences for human welfare will be severe. Thus when the developed world plunged into such a crisis in 2008 and growth rates in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Grosh, Margaret, Bussolo, Maurizio, Freije, Samuel
Format: Publication
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
Subjects:
CD
GDP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19702913/understanding-poverty-impact-global-financial-crisis-latin-america-caribbean
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18727
id okr-10986-18727
recordtype oai_dc
repository_type Digital Repository
institution_category Foreign Institution
institution Digital Repositories
building World Bank Open Knowledge Repository
collection World Bank
language English
en_US
topic ACCOUNTING
ACTIVE LABOR
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICY
ADVISERS
AGGREGATE DEMAND
AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT
AGGREGATE OUTPUT
ANNUAL CHANGE
ANNUAL GROWTH
ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
AVERAGE GROWTH
AVERAGE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOME GROWTH
AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY
AVERAGE WAGES
BANKING CRISES
BANKING SYSTEMS
BASIS POINTS
BENCHMARK
BENEFICIARIES
BORROWING
BORROWING REQUIREMENTS
CAPITAL MARKETS
CASH TRANSFER
CASH TRANSFERS
CD
CENTRAL BANKS
COMPENSATORY MEASURES
CONSUMER PREFERENCES
CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA
CURRENCY CRISES
CURRENCY MISMATCHES
DATA SETS
DEBT
DEBT CRISIS
DEBT MARKETS
DEMAND CURVES
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPED WORLD
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING REGIONS
DEVELOPMENT BANK
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT REPORT
DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT
DRIVERS
EARNINGS LOSS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC SHOCK
ECONOMICS
ECONOMICS RESEARCH
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION
EMERGING ECONOMIES
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
EQUILIBRIUM
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPENDITURE
EXPLAINING CHANGES
EXPORTS
EXTERNAL FACTORS
EXTREME POVERTY
FACTOR MARKETS
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
FINANCIAL ASSETS
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FISCAL POLICY
FIXED INVESTMENT
FLEXIBLE EXCHANGE RATES
FORECASTS
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FOREIGN CURRENCY DEBT
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
GDP
GDP DEFLATOR
GDP PER CAPITA
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS
GOVERNMENT DEBT
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH POLICIES
GROWTH RATES
HEALTH CARE
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAM
INCREASE POVERTY
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INFANT MORTALITY
INFORMAL SECTOR
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTMENT FUND
JOB DESTRUCTION
JOB LOSSES
JOBS
LABOR ADJUSTMENT
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENT
LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE
LABOR MARKET POLICY
LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS
LABOR MARKET VARIABLES
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOR PROGRAM
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOR SURVEYS
LABOUR
LIQUIDITY
LIVING STANDARD
LOCAL CURRENCY
MACROECONOMIC POLICIES
MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES
MATHEMATICS
MEASURING POVERTY
MICRO MODEL
MICRODATA
MONETARY FUND
MONETARY POLICY
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
NEGATIVE IMPACT
NET EXPORTS
OCCUPATION
OUTPUT PER CAPITA
PENSION
PENSIONS
PER CAPITA GROWTH
PER CAPITA INCOME
PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT
POLICY ANALYSIS
POLICY DEBATE
POLICY MESSAGES
POLICY OPTIONS
POLICY RESPONSE
POLICY RESPONSES
POPULATION GROUP
POPULOUS COUNTRIES
POVERTY CHANGES
POVERTY GAP
POVERTY IMPACT
POVERTY INCREASES
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PREVIOUS ONES
PRIVATE TRANSFERS
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR BORROWING
PURCHASING POWER
REAL GDP
REAL WAGES
RECESSION
REDUCED POVERTY
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
REMITTANCES
RENTS
RETURNS
RISING UNEMPLOYMENT
SAVINGS ACCOUNT
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
SKILL TYPE
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SECURITY
TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
TEMPORARY INCOME SUPPORT
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAMS
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UNSKILLED WORKERS
VALUE ADDED
WAGE BILL
WAGES
WELFARE IMPACT
WORKER
WORKING HOURS
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
ACTIVE LABOR
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICY
ADVISERS
AGGREGATE DEMAND
AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT
AGGREGATE OUTPUT
ANNUAL CHANGE
ANNUAL GROWTH
ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
AVERAGE GROWTH
AVERAGE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOME GROWTH
AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY
AVERAGE WAGES
BANKING CRISES
BANKING SYSTEMS
BASIS POINTS
BENCHMARK
BENEFICIARIES
BORROWING
BORROWING REQUIREMENTS
CAPITAL MARKETS
CASH TRANSFER
CASH TRANSFERS
CD
CENTRAL BANKS
COMPENSATORY MEASURES
CONSUMER PREFERENCES
CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA
CURRENCY CRISES
CURRENCY MISMATCHES
DATA SETS
DEBT
DEBT CRISIS
DEBT MARKETS
DEMAND CURVES
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPED WORLD
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING REGIONS
DEVELOPMENT BANK
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT REPORT
DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT
DRIVERS
EARNINGS LOSS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC SHOCK
ECONOMICS
ECONOMICS RESEARCH
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION
EMERGING ECONOMIES
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
EQUILIBRIUM
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPENDITURE
EXPLAINING CHANGES
EXPORTS
EXTERNAL FACTORS
EXTREME POVERTY
FACTOR MARKETS
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
FINANCIAL ASSETS
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FISCAL POLICY
FIXED INVESTMENT
FLEXIBLE EXCHANGE RATES
FORECASTS
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FOREIGN CURRENCY DEBT
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
GDP
GDP DEFLATOR
GDP PER CAPITA
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS
GOVERNMENT DEBT
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH POLICIES
GROWTH RATES
HEALTH CARE
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAM
INCREASE POVERTY
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INFANT MORTALITY
INFORMAL SECTOR
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTMENT FUND
JOB DESTRUCTION
JOB LOSSES
JOBS
LABOR ADJUSTMENT
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENT
LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE
LABOR MARKET POLICY
LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS
LABOR MARKET VARIABLES
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOR PROGRAM
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOR SURVEYS
LABOUR
LIQUIDITY
LIVING STANDARD
LOCAL CURRENCY
MACROECONOMIC POLICIES
MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES
MATHEMATICS
MEASURING POVERTY
MICRO MODEL
MICRODATA
MONETARY FUND
MONETARY POLICY
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
NEGATIVE IMPACT
NET EXPORTS
OCCUPATION
OUTPUT PER CAPITA
PENSION
PENSIONS
PER CAPITA GROWTH
PER CAPITA INCOME
PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT
POLICY ANALYSIS
POLICY DEBATE
POLICY MESSAGES
POLICY OPTIONS
POLICY RESPONSE
POLICY RESPONSES
POPULATION GROUP
POPULOUS COUNTRIES
POVERTY CHANGES
POVERTY GAP
POVERTY IMPACT
POVERTY INCREASES
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PREVIOUS ONES
PRIVATE TRANSFERS
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR BORROWING
PURCHASING POWER
REAL GDP
REAL WAGES
RECESSION
REDUCED POVERTY
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
REMITTANCES
RENTS
RETURNS
RISING UNEMPLOYMENT
SAVINGS ACCOUNT
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
SKILL TYPE
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SECURITY
TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
TEMPORARY INCOME SUPPORT
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAMS
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UNSKILLED WORKERS
VALUE ADDED
WAGE BILL
WAGES
WELFARE IMPACT
WORKER
WORKING HOURS
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
Grosh, Margaret
Bussolo, Maurizio
Freije, Samuel
Understanding the Poverty Impact of the Global Financial Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Caribbean
Latin America
relation Directions in Development--Human Development;
description Any time there is an economic crisis; there is the very real potential that its consequences for human welfare will be severe. Thus when the developed world plunged into such a crisis in 2008 and growth rates in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) began to plummet, fears rose that the region will suffer rising unemployment, poverty, malnutrition, and infant mortality, among other things. This study confirms and quantifies many of the sobering links between crisis and poverty, but it also shows how powerful good policy in stable times is in attenuating those links. It thus underscores the need for sound growth policies, good macro prudential care, fiscal balance, low debt, reasonably flexible exchange rates, and the like to help prevent and manage crises. It equally shows how effective social protection responses built on adequate existing programs can be. This study documents the effects of the 2008-09 global financial crisis on poverty in 12 countries in the LAC region, and it comes away with six big picture messages, each with much nuance and many caveats that are explained briefly in this overview.
author2 Grosh, Margaret
author_facet Grosh, Margaret
Grosh, Margaret
Bussolo, Maurizio
Freije, Samuel
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Grosh, Margaret
Bussolo, Maurizio
Freije, Samuel
author_sort Grosh, Margaret
title Understanding the Poverty Impact of the Global Financial Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_short Understanding the Poverty Impact of the Global Financial Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_full Understanding the Poverty Impact of the Global Financial Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_fullStr Understanding the Poverty Impact of the Global Financial Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_full_unstemmed Understanding the Poverty Impact of the Global Financial Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_sort understanding the poverty impact of the global financial crisis in latin america and the caribbean
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19702913/understanding-poverty-impact-global-financial-crisis-latin-america-caribbean
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18727
_version_ 1764442540113657856
spelling okr-10986-187272021-04-23T14:03:49Z Understanding the Poverty Impact of the Global Financial Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean Grosh, Margaret Bussolo, Maurizio Freije, Samuel Grosh, Margaret Bussolo, Maurizio Freije, Samuel ACCOUNTING ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICY ADVISERS AGGREGATE DEMAND AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT AGGREGATE OUTPUT ANNUAL CHANGE ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOME GROWTH AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY AVERAGE WAGES BANKING CRISES BANKING SYSTEMS BASIS POINTS BENCHMARK BENEFICIARIES BORROWING BORROWING REQUIREMENTS CAPITAL MARKETS CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFERS CD CENTRAL BANKS COMPENSATORY MEASURES CONSUMER PREFERENCES CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA CURRENCY CRISES CURRENCY MISMATCHES DATA SETS DEBT DEBT CRISIS DEBT MARKETS DEMAND CURVES DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPED WORLD DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING REGIONS DEVELOPMENT BANK DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT REPORT DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT DRIVERS EARNINGS LOSS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC SHOCK ECONOMICS ECONOMICS RESEARCH ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMERGING ECONOMIES EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM EMPLOYMENT SERVICES EQUILIBRIUM EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURE EXPLAINING CHANGES EXPORTS EXTERNAL FACTORS EXTREME POVERTY FACTOR MARKETS FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FINANCIAL ASSETS FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FISCAL POLICY FIXED INVESTMENT FLEXIBLE EXCHANGE RATES FORECASTS FOREIGN CURRENCY FOREIGN CURRENCY DEBT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT GDP GDP DEFLATOR GDP PER CAPITA GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS GOVERNMENT DEBT GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH POLICIES GROWTH RATES HEALTH CARE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAM INCREASE POVERTY INEQUALITY MEASURES INFANT MORTALITY INFORMAL SECTOR INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT FUND JOB DESTRUCTION JOB LOSSES JOBS LABOR ADJUSTMENT LABOR DEMAND LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENT LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MARKET POLICY LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LABOR MARKET VARIABLES LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PROGRAM LABOR SUPPLY LABOR SURVEYS LABOUR LIQUIDITY LIVING STANDARD LOCAL CURRENCY MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES MATHEMATICS MEASURING POVERTY MICRO MODEL MICRODATA MONETARY FUND MONETARY POLICY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NEGATIVE IMPACT NET EXPORTS OCCUPATION OUTPUT PER CAPITA PENSION PENSIONS PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY DEBATE POLICY MESSAGES POLICY OPTIONS POLICY RESPONSE POLICY RESPONSES POPULATION GROUP POPULOUS COUNTRIES POVERTY CHANGES POVERTY GAP POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCREASES POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PREVIOUS ONES PRIVATE TRANSFERS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR BORROWING PURCHASING POWER REAL GDP REAL WAGES RECESSION REDUCED POVERTY REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS REMITTANCES RENTS RETURNS RISING UNEMPLOYMENT SAVINGS ACCOUNT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SKILL TYPE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT TEMPORARY INCOME SUPPORT TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNSKILLED WORKERS VALUE ADDED WAGE BILL WAGES WELFARE IMPACT WORKER WORKING HOURS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE Any time there is an economic crisis; there is the very real potential that its consequences for human welfare will be severe. Thus when the developed world plunged into such a crisis in 2008 and growth rates in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) began to plummet, fears rose that the region will suffer rising unemployment, poverty, malnutrition, and infant mortality, among other things. This study confirms and quantifies many of the sobering links between crisis and poverty, but it also shows how powerful good policy in stable times is in attenuating those links. It thus underscores the need for sound growth policies, good macro prudential care, fiscal balance, low debt, reasonably flexible exchange rates, and the like to help prevent and manage crises. It equally shows how effective social protection responses built on adequate existing programs can be. This study documents the effects of the 2008-09 global financial crisis on poverty in 12 countries in the LAC region, and it comes away with six big picture messages, each with much nuance and many caveats that are explained briefly in this overview. 2014-06-23T22:02:06Z 2014-06-23T22:02:06Z 2014-06-18 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19702913/understanding-poverty-impact-global-financial-crisis-latin-america-caribbean 978-1-4648-0241-6 10.1596/978-1-4648-0241-6 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18727 English en_US Directions in Development--Human Development; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Latin America & Caribbean Caribbean Latin America