The impact of the global financial and economic crisis on households, small enterprises and labour markets
This research project was meant to study in which way households and informal sector enterprises are affected by large-scale and multifaceted external shocks, what they can do to mitigate and cope with these shocks and how governments, donors and other actors can help them in more efficiently managing such shocks.
Project Lead:
Markus Loewe
Project description
For the purpose of the study, quantitative and qualitative empirical research were conducted in three developing countries with different starting conditions: a first one that is to some degree industrialised, a second one that is primarily based on agriculture and a third one that is mainly living from extractive industries. The quantitative analysis was based on household, enterprise and labour market surveys conducted before and after the crisis. In addition, case studies were planned on the basis of semi-structured interviews conducted in all three countries.
Publications
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Begrenzter Schaden: die Auswirkungen der globalen Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise auf den Nahen Osten und Nordafrika
Brach, Juliane / Markus Loewe (2011)
in: Günter Meyer / Andreas Thimm (Hrsg.), Wirtschaftliche und soziale Folgen der Finanzkrise für die Entwicklungsländer, Mainz: Universität (Veröffentlichungen des Interdisziplinären Arbeitskreises Dritte Welt 21) -
The global financial crisis and the Arab world: impact, reactions and consequences
Loewe, Markus / Juliane Brach (2010)
in: Mediterranean Politics 15 (1), 45-71 -
Getting off lightly? The impact of the international financial crisis on the Middle East and North Africa
Brach, Juliane / Markus Loewe (2009)
GIGA Focus International 1/2009 -
Nur ein blaues Auge? Auswirkungen der internationalen Finanzkrise auf Nahost und Nordafrika
Brach, Juliane / Markus Loewe (2009)
GIGA Focus Nahost 4/2009 -
Short-term effects of the global economic and financial crisis on households in three developing countries: the cases of El Salvador, Tajikistan and Cambodia
Gehrke, Esther (2012)
Discussion Paper 11/2012