Living through Crises: How the Food, Fuel, and Financial Shocks Affect the Poor

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
Cover of the book Living through Crises: How the Food, Fuel, and Financial Shocks Affect the Poor by Rasmus Heltberg, Naomi Hossain, Anna Reva, World Bank Publications
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Rasmus Heltberg, Naomi Hossain, Anna Reva ISBN: 9780821394601
Publisher: World Bank Publications Publication: April 2, 2012
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Rasmus Heltberg, Naomi Hossain, Anna Reva
ISBN: 9780821394601
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Publication: April 2, 2012
Imprint:
Language: English
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 non-specialists alike understand how large economic crises impact people and communities and what is the role of public policy in protecting against risk.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
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 non-specialists alike understand how large economic crises impact people and communities and what is the role of public policy in protecting against risk.

More books from World Bank Publications

Cover of the book Cities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century by Rasmus Heltberg, Naomi Hossain, Anna Reva
Cover of the book The Political Economy of Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa by Rasmus Heltberg, Naomi Hossain, Anna Reva
Cover of the book Oil, Gas, and Mining by Rasmus Heltberg, Naomi Hossain, Anna Reva
Cover of the book Financial Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Road Ahead by Rasmus Heltberg, Naomi Hossain, Anna Reva
Cover of the book Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries by Rasmus Heltberg, Naomi Hossain, Anna Reva
Cover of the book Growing Green by Rasmus Heltberg, Naomi Hossain, Anna Reva
Cover of the book Planning, Connecting, and Financing Cities — Now by Rasmus Heltberg, Naomi Hossain, Anna Reva
Cover of the book Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2016 by Rasmus Heltberg, Naomi Hossain, Anna Reva
Cover of the book Regulatory Assessment Toolkit by Rasmus Heltberg, Naomi Hossain, Anna Reva
Cover of the book Eruptions of Popular Anger by Rasmus Heltberg, Naomi Hossain, Anna Reva
Cover of the book Latin America and the Rising South by Rasmus Heltberg, Naomi Hossain, Anna Reva
Cover of the book Voice and Agency by Rasmus Heltberg, Naomi Hossain, Anna Reva
Cover of the book The Innovation Paradox by Rasmus Heltberg, Naomi Hossain, Anna Reva
Cover of the book Poverty, Inequality, and Evaluation by Rasmus Heltberg, Naomi Hossain, Anna Reva
Cover of the book Capturing Solutions for Learning and Scaling Up by Rasmus Heltberg, Naomi Hossain, Anna Reva
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy