Poverty and the policy response to the economic crisis in Liberia / edited by Quentin Wodon.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Poverty and the response to the economic crisis in Liberia : brief overview -- Poverty and human development diagnostic -- Poverty in Liberia : level, profile and determinants -- Education in Liberia : basic diagnostic using the 2007 CWIQ survey -- Health in Liberia : basic diagnostic using the 2007 CWIQ survey -- Impact of higher food prices and fiscal measures taken to respond to the crisis -- Rice prices and poverty in Liberia -- Benefit incidence of fiscal measures to deal with the impact on households of the economic crisis in Liberia : comparing import and income taxes -- Evaluation of the cash for work temporary employment program -- Ex ante assessment of the potential impact of labor intensive public works in Liberia -- Liberia's cash for work temporary employment project : responding to crisis in low income, fragile countries -- Impact of labor intensive public works in Liberia : results from a light evaluation survey -- List of tables, figures, and boxes.