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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Archīum Ateneo
2009
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Online Access: | https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/163 https://voxeu.org/article/why-stabilisation-policy-should-focus-poor?quicktabs_tabbed_recent_articles_block=1 |
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Institution: | Ateneo De Manila University |
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. |
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