Download or read book Understanding the Poverty Impact of the Global Financial Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Margaret Grosh and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2014-06-18 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using data from household and labor force surveys, this study documents the effects of the 2008–09 global financial crisis on poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean, the social protection policy responses activated, and a macro-micro modeling of crisis/no-crisis scenarios for Mexico and Brazil.