Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Impact of crises from a historical perspective

Learning from the past financial crises : how are children affected? / Caroline Harper. Nicola Jones and Paola Pereznieto

Infant mortality during economic downturns and recovery / Ronald U. Mendoza and Nicholas S. Rees

Education and health spending patterns through the business cycle : an empirical analysis / Nadia Doytch, Bingjie Hu and Ronald U. Mendoza

Part 2. Emerging evidence on the impact of the 2008-10 crises

Stimulating the impact of the global economic crisis and policy responses on children in West and Central Africa / John Cockburn, Ismael Fofana and Luca Tiberti

Child poverty in South Africa and global financial and economic crisis / Ramos Mabugu, Servaas van der Berg, Debra Shepherd, Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, Bernard Decaluwe, Helene Maisonnave, Veronique Robichaud and Dieter von Fintel

Lessons from the financial crisis : remittances and social assistance among left-behind children and women in Mexico / Jeronimo Cortina

Children in crisis in the Philippines : insights and evidence from community-based monitoring systems / Celia Reyes, Alellie Sobreviñas, Jeremy de Jesus and Steffie Joi Calubayan

Turning crisis into opportunity for chidden affected by HIV/AIDS : responding to the financial, fuel and food crises / Nicola Jones with Caroline Harper

Part 3. Policies to promote inclusive recovery

Child poverty impacts and public budgets : tracking the global economic crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa / Andy Summer

Social protection responses to crises and their impacts on children : learning from past lessons in Indonesia and Ethiopia / Maricar Garde and Jenn Yablonski

Social protection in fiscal stimulus packages / Yanchun Zhang, Nina Thelen and Aparna Rao

Conclusion : Revisiting the main lessons and rethinking crisis response / Ronald U. Mendoza, Erika Strand and David Stewart