Rasmus Heltberg

Living Through Crises: How the Food, Fuel, and Financial Shocks Affect the Poor Rasmus Heltberg

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Foreword -- About the Editors -- About the Authors -- Study Team and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Living through Crises: An Overview / Rasmus Heltberg, Naomi Hossain, Anna Reva, Andy Sumner -- Chapter 1. Anatomy of Coping: Evidence from People Living through the Crises of 2008-11 / Rasmus Heltberg, Naomi Hossain, Anna Reva, Carolyn Turk -- Chapter 2. Bangladesh: Pathways and Impacts of the Global Economic Shocks / Mamunur Rashid, Bayazid Hasan, Naomi Hossain -- Chapter 3. Crisis Monitoring among Low-Income Workers in Cambodia: Monitoring Vulnerabilities and Discovering Resilience / Veronica Mendizabal, Theng Vuthy, Tong Kimsun, Pon Dorina -- Chapter 4. Impact of the Economic Crisis in the Central African Republic: Quantitative and Qualitative Assessments / Lea Salmon, Josias Tebero, Quentin Wodon -- Chapter 5. Risk and Resilience: Summary of Rapid Qualitative Assessments of Social Impacts of the Economic Crisis in Kazakhstan / Sandra Schlossar, Carolyn Turk -- Chapter 6. Crises in Kenya: Living with Hunger in an Era of Economic and Political Shocks / Grace Lubaale, Naomi Hossain -- Chapter 7. Coping with the Global Economic Crisis in Mongolia: Findings from Focus Group Discussions / Anna Reva, Rasmus Heltberg, Altantsetseg Sodnomtseren, Sarantuya Jigjiddorj -- Chapter 8. Perceptions of the Economic Crisis and Poverty in Senegal: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis / Abdou Salam Fall, Lea Salmon, Quentin Wodon -- Chapter 9. Economic and Political Crises in Thailand: Social Impacts and Government Responses / Veronica Mendizabal, Supang Chantavanich, Samarn Laodumrongchai, Mya Than, Artit Wong-a-thitikul, Warathida Chaiyapa, Cheewin Ariyasuntorn, Pamornrat Tansanguanwong -- Appendix 1. Country Studies -- Index -- Box -- 9.1. Thailand's Political Crisis -- Figures -- 1. Transmission Channels -- 1.1. Coping Mechanisms Determine the Ultimate Impact of Shocks -- 2.1. The Impacts of the World Financial Crisis on Economic Growth Rates in Selected Asian Countries, 2006-12 -- 2.2. Prices of Staple Foods, 2008-11.