
Mitigating the Social Costs of the Economic Crisis and the Reform Programs in Asia »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 1998/7
Series: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Author(s): Marijn Verhoeven , Sanjeev Gupta , Gerd Schwartz , Calvin McDonald , Željko Bogetic , and Christian Schiller
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 1998
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451971408.003
ISBN: 9781451971408
Keywords: Asia, Financial crisis, Social policy, Poverty, social safety nets, social impact, unemployment, disability, price increases, safety nets
This paper presents a preliminary analysis of the likely social impact of the economic crisis and the reform programs in three Asian countries-Indonesia, Korea, and Thailand. The focus is on likely changes in real...