The food, fuel, and financial crises that started in 2008 reverberated throughout the global economy, causing job losses, poverty, and economic, financial, and political upheaval in countries all over the world. Living through Crises shows how global crises affected the poorer, more vulnerable, powerless, and less visible populations in developing countries. They, their realities, and what they did to cope are the focus of this book, which offers a unique lens into the experience of living through a new type of systemic shock wave that is globalized, contagious, and multifaceted. Living through Crises presents a global synthesis and eight country case studies to illustrate how people in specifi c localities were affected by global shocks, which coping strategies they adopted, and which sources of support were available to them. The country studies relied on qualitative data collected during 2008-11, comprising one of the most comprehensive qualitative studies of crisis impacts and coping ever conducted in developing countries.