Securing our future in a global economy / David de Ferranti, Guillermo E. Perry, Indermit S. Gill y Luis Servén ; with Fransisco H. G. Ferreira, Nadeem Ilahi, William F. Maloney y Martin Rama.

Acknowledgments, ix -- Acronyms and abbreviations, xi -- Chapter 1. Opportunity and risk in a globalized Latin American and the Caribbean, 1 -- Chapter 2. Economic insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean: the stylized facts, 13 -- Chapter 3. Designing social policy when people face risk: a conceptual framework, 37 -- Chapter 4. Macroeconomic volatility in Latin America and Caribbean: Causes and remedies, 45 -- Chapter 5. The response of LAC households to economic shocks, 73 -- Chapter 6. Helping workers deal with the risk of unemployment, 89 -- Chapter 7. Helping poor households deal better with economic crises, 111 -- Bibliography, 127.