Overview: Economic Crises and Human Development



Título del documento: Overview: Economic Crises and Human Development
Revista: Estudios económicos
Base de datos: CLASE
Número de sistema: 000329070
ISSN: 0188-6916
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1United Nations, United Nations Development Programme, Nueva York. Estados Unidos de América
Año:
Periodo: Ene-Jun
Volumen: 25
Número: 1
Paginación: 37-62
País: México
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, socioeconómico
Resumen en inglés In order to better understand the potential impact of the current global economic crisis on human development, we explore how human development indicators have been affected in past economic shocks. The literature on the human development impacts of short-term economic fluctuations suggest some stylized facts. First, there exists an asymmetry between rich and poor countries in terms of the magnitude of impacts of economic crises: Health and education outcomes in rich countries often improve during economic crises, while they deteriorate in poor countries. Second, economic expansions have less significant effects than economic contractions: the recovery in human development indicators is not as rapid and steep (if it occurs at all) as the deterioration that occurred during the economic downturn
Disciplinas: Economía
Palabras clave: Desarrollo económico,
Desarrollo social,
Crisis económica,
Desarrollo humano,
Impacto económico,
Países en desarrollo
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