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    Navigating the global storm: a policy brief on the global financial crisis

    Asian Development Bank, 2008
    The global financial crisis triggered by the collapse of the US subprime mortgage market led to an international crisis of confidence. Despite the support from the governments and monetary authorities a major downturn is expected in the world economy.
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    Global economic prospects: commodities at the crossroads

    World Bank, 2008
    2008 was a turbulent year for the world economy: the financial turmoil that started in 2007 intensified significantly with the banking crisis that hit the United States and Europe in September 2008. Initially, developing countries were relatively unaffected by these developments but more recently, the 2009 growth outlooks for many have diminished.
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    Weathering the storm: economic policy responses to the financial crisis

    World Bank Publications, 2008
    This paper evaluates policy stances for developing countries to adopt measures in dealing with the global economic downturn. The global economy is forecast to grow by only 1 percent, with growth in high income countries expected to go from 2.5 percent in 2007 to a contraction of 0.1 percent in 2009, and developing country growth expected to fall from 7.9 percent in 2007 to 4.5 percent in 2009.
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    The age of turbulence and poor countries: the case for MDB help with risk management

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2008
    While developing countries have done relatively well so far in addressing traditional, largely domestic forms of risk, including macroeconomic imbalances, inflation and external (foreign currency denominated) debt, they have been less prepared to deal with the external risks which have recently intensified.
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    The global financial crisis and foreign direct investment in Latin America

    Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, 2008
    Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) increased sevenfold between 1993 and 2007. In the wake of the global financial crisis, this trend is bound to reverse. This paper deems that the current crisis should be seen as an opportunity to restore Latin America’s ability to capture more of the benefits of FDI when it returns.
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    The tasks ahead

    International Monetary Fund, 2008
    Global economic prospects have deteriorated further as the current global financial crisis took a sharp turn for the worse. The crisis has undermined consumer and business confidence, triggering a sharp decline in domestic demand. In financial markets, funding markets remain strained, reflecting the deep shock to confidence in counterparties.
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    Asia and the meltdown of American finance

    Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2008
    The US appears to be heading into a recession that may be as bad as the country has faced since the 1930s, and spells trouble for a region that directly or indirectly relies on the US as the final engine of demand. Asia has long facilitated the US addiction to drowning its problems in endless dollar cocktails.
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    The management of capital flows and financial vulnerability in Asia

    Third World Network, 2008
    The current crisis is the outcome of a combination of misguided financial and exchange rate policies with overreaction of foreign lenders and investors to temporary shortfalls in international liquidity, rather than vulnerabilities emanating from structural payments imbalances and excessive external indebtedness.
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    Voices from the South. The impact of the global financial crisis on developing countries

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008
    The global financial crisis is already beginning to have an impact on the ‘real economy’ in poorer countries around the world. However, the debate in the west about the impact of the crisis has largely ignored its impact on the developing world, and the voices of people from these countries are rarely heard.
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    The global financial crisis and developing countries

    Overseas Development Institute, 2008
    Many developing countries are still growing strongly despite the current global financial downturn, but forecasts are worsening. This background note from ODI questions how long this growth can persist. There are different channels through which the crisis could spread and some countries are more at risk than others.

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