Global Meltdown: Regional Impacts

Contents Part I: Global Meltdown 1 World Economic Outlook, April 2009: Crises and Recovery 2 The General Economic Background to the Crisis 3 The Global Financial Crisis: Causes, Consequences and Countermeasures 4 The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Emerging Market Economies: The Transmission Mechanism, Policy Response and Lessons 5 The Multilateral Response to the Global Crisis: Rationale, Modalities and Feasibility 6 Learning from the Financial Crises Part II: Regional Impacts 7 The Global Crisis and Latin America: Financial Impact and Policy Responses 8 Crisis Management in the European Union 9 UK Poverty and the Economic Downturn 10 The Current Crisis: A Challenge as well as a Chance to Implement Needed Reforms? 11 Spillovers of the Crisis: How Different is Croatia? 12 Central Asia an the Global Economic Crisis 13 Measuring the Pulse of Africa in Times of Crisis 14 The Global Financial Crisis and its impact on the Asia-Pacific Region 15 The Global Financial Crisis, Developing Countries and India 16 Risk Management in the Midst of the Global Financial Crisis