The global financial crisis: are women more likely to be pushed into chronic poverty? CPRC Opinion No. 1

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2009
Document Type:
Discussion Paper
Theme:
Social Change
Authors:
Harper, C., Espey, J.

Abstract

Although in the short-term it is the working poor who are most visibly affected by the crisis, harmful household coping strategies and compounding vulnerabilities threaten to push many, particularly many women and their dependents, into chronic poverty.

Citation

CPRC Opinion No. 1, Chronic Poverty Research Centre, London, UK, 4 pp.

The global financial crisis: are women more likely to be pushed into chronic poverty? CPRC Opinion No. 1

Published 1 January 2009
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