Responding to the food, fuel and financial crises of 2009: A case for pro-poor stabilization policy

Adverse shocks to poor households can cause significant long-term damage to their well being. This column argues that stabilisation policies ought to make protecting vulnerable families and children from shocks a central priority rather than ad hoc and ancillary in development strategies. Countries’...

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Main Author: Mendoza, Ronald U
Format: text
Published: Archīum Ateneo 2009
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Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/163
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Institution: Ateneo De Manila University
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Summary:Adverse shocks to poor households can cause significant long-term damage to their well being. This column argues that stabilisation policies ought to make protecting vulnerable families and children from shocks a central priority rather than ad hoc and ancillary in development strategies. Countries’ future economic growth and human development are at stake.