Knowing, When You Do Not Know : Simulating the Poverty and Distributional Impacts of an Economic Crisis

Economists have long sought to predict how macroeconomic shocks will affect individual welfare. Macroeconomic data and forecasts are easily available when crises strike. But policy action requires not only understanding the magnitude of a macro sho...

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Main Authors: Narayan, Ambar, Sánchez-Páramo, Carolina
Language:English
Published: World Bank 2012
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Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000386194_20120109012250
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2229