Securing our Future in a Global Economy

from the Table of Contents: Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Opportunity and Risk in a Globalized Latin America and the Caribbean; Economic Insecurity in Latin America and the Carribean: The Stylized Facts; Designing Social Policy When People Face Risk: A Conceptual Framework; Macroeconomic Volatility in Latin America and the Caribbean: Causes and Remedies; The Response of LAC Households to Economic Shocks; Helping Workers Deal with the Risk of Unemployment; Helping Poor Households Deal Better with Economic Crises;