01901cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000653 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451971408 1934-7456 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Verhoeven, Marijn. Mitigating the Social Costs of the Economic Crisis and the Reform Programs in Asia / Marijn Verhoeven, Sanjeev Gupta, Gerd Schwartz, Calvin McDonald. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998. 1 online resource (32 pages) IMF Policy Discussion Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students 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 consumption expenditures arising from higher inflation and increases in unemployment. The current social policy measures adopted in the reform programs should provide significant social safety nets for the poor. However, if the social impact turns out to be larger than projected, it would be worthwhile to assess cost-effective and efficient alternatives for expanding social safety nets. The paper presents some options that could be considered. Mode of access: Internet Gupta, Sanjeev. McDonald, Calvin. Schwartz, Gerd. IMF Policy Discussion Papers; Policy Discussion Paper ; No. 1998/007 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/003/1998/007/003.1998.issue-007-en.xml IMF e-Library