The impact of the financial crisis on women in the Caribbean LC/CAR/L.243 December 2009

The global economic recession has had a far reaching impact across developed and developing countries. In many ways the crisis has exposed and compounded underlying macro-economic weaknesses in many economies. While predictions for recovery vary, there is greater consensus that the crisis is having and will have, lasting effects on critical socio-economic indicators including employment, real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth and poverty.