Living through Crises : How the Food, Fuel, and Financial Shocks Affect the Poor
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...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Washington : World Bank Publications,
2012
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | New Frontiers of Social Policy
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| Schlagworte: | Financial crises Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 Cost and standard of living Poor Financial crises -- Social aspects Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 -- Social aspects Financial crises ; Social aspects Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 ; Social aspects Electronic books |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (264 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | 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, presenting the compelling perspectives of affected communities in developing and transition countries on shocks and coping, vulnerability and resilience. The book brings together qualitative crisis monitoring conducted during 2008-2011 in communities in sixteen countries, including eight country case studies that illustrate how people in specific localities were impacted by global shocks, what coping strategies they applied, and which sources of support proved helpful. The studies in this book reveal striking similarities in people's coping responses across otherwise different countries. They also reveal widespread concern over high and volatile food prices, suggesting that the still ongoing global food crisis needs far more attention from policymakers.As the most comprehensive qualitative research on crisis impacts and coping carried out in developing countries, the book also highlights the capacity for participatory research to pick up impacts and responses that other approaches may miss and contributing to the knowledge of how to qualitatively assess shocks, vulnerability, and resilience. This book will serve as an indispensable source of reference for future crisis monitoring efforts.Written in accessible language, this book will help specialists and Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- About the Editors -- About the Authors -- Study Team and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Living through Crises: An Overview -- Chapter 1. Anatomy of Coping: Evidence from People Living through the Crises of 2008-11 -- Chapter 2. Bangladesh: Pathways and Impacts of the Global Economic Shocks -- Chapter 3. Crisis Monitoring among Low-Income Workers in Cambodia: Monitoring Vulnerabilities and Discovering Resilience -- Chapter 4. Impact of the Economic Crisis in the Central African Republic: Quantitative and Qualitative Assessments -- Chapter 5. Risk and Resilience: Summary of Rapid Qualitative Assessments of Social Impacts of the Economic Crisis in Kazakhstan -- Chapter 6. Crises in Kenya: Living with Hunger in an Era of Economic and Political Shocks -- Chapter 7. Coping with the Global Economic Crisis in Mongolia: Findings from Focus Group Discussions -- Chapter 8. Perceptions of the Economic Crisis and Poverty in Senegal: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis -- Chapter 9. Economic and Political Crises in Thailand: Social Impacts and Government Responses -- Appendix 1. Country Studies -- Index -- Back Cover. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (264 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780821394601 0821394606 9780821389409 0821389408 |