00659nam a2200085Ia 4500100002200000245008000022260000900102520044400111583001800555  aBárcena, Alicia  aThe economic crisis : a major challenge for Latin America and the Caribbean  c2009  aSees the economic crisis affecting job creation and job quality as well as social spending.  Suggests that key policies for battling the crisis will include pro-employment policies, transfers to poor and vulnerable groups and educational and health policies that prevent the loss of human capital.  Suggests also that in order to confront the current crisis, there has to be a domestic and international political and policy turning-point.  c7/29/09kJOYD