This note analyzes the impact of the economic crisis in 2008 on poverty and well-being, government policies to mitigate the crisis, and possible future policies to better protect the poor and accelerate recovery. It addresses four main questions. First, how the economic situation affected households in Georgia, and how have they tried to cope with the shock to their livelihoods? Second, how have the level and distribution of poverty changed as a result...
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2010/06/28
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Other Poverty Study
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1
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2012/08/20
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Disclosed
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Technical note 1 : Poverty and crisis impact
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Labor Market Policy and Programs
Citation
Simler,Kenneth; Smith,Owen K..
Georgia programmatic poverty (Vol. 1 of 2) : Technical note 1 : Poverty and crisis impact (English). Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/320291468244166670