Aggregate shocks, poor households and children

• Main Author: Mendoza, Ronald U
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2009
• Subjects: aggregate shocks; financial crisis; food crisis; social budgeting; social protection; Economics; Finance
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/118; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1468018109106885
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The global financial crisis that erupted in 2008, coupled with food and fuel price volatility, are likely to affect developing countries and within them the vast majority of the world’s poor population in profound ways. This paper maps the different channels through which their effects could be tran...