Luis Cubeddu is Deputy Director at the International Monetary Fund, USA.Raphael Espinoza is Deputy Division Chief at the International Monetary Fund, USA.Niels-Jakob Hansen is a Senior Economist at the International Monetary Fund, USA.

• 1. The Economics of Violent Crime in Latin America: An Overview.- Part I. The Economic, Institutional and External Drivers of Violent Crime.- 2. Unemployment, Crime, and Trade-Induced Job Loss.- 3. Revisiting the Economic, Institutional and External Drivers of Crime.- Part II. Quantifying the Economic Impact of Violent Crime.- 4. The Costs of Crime and Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean.- 5. Crime’s Dual Burden: Business and Fiscal Costs of Insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean.- 6. Collateral Damage: New Evidence on the Effect of Homicides on Economic Activity at the Local Level.- Part III. The Human, Social, and Institutional Consequences of Violent Crime.- 7. Organized Crime in Latin America: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Responses.- 8. The Hidden Costs of Violence: How Crime Shapes Women’s Labor Market Outcomes in Latin America.- 9. Looking Beyond Homicide Rates: Organized Crime Dynamics, Institutions and Development in Contemporary Latin America.- Part IV. Policy Responses to Crime.- 10. Criminal Malpractice: Why Cities Can’t Copy Their Way to Security.- 11. Strategies to Reduce Crime.- 12. The Criminal Economy: Tracking the Dirty Money That Fuels Transnational Organized Crime.

Luis Cubeddu is Deputy Director at the International Monetary Fund, USA.Raphael Espinoza is Deputy Division Chief at the International Monetary Fund, USA.Niels-Jakob Hansen is a Senior Economist at the International Monetary Fund, USA.

• 1. The Economics of Violent Crime in Latin America: An Overview.- Part I. The Economic, Institutional and External Drivers of Violent Crime.- 2. Unemployment, Crime, and Trade-Induced Job Loss.- 3. Revisiting the Economic, Institutional and External Drivers of Crime.- Part II. Quantifying the Economic Impact of Violent Crime.- 4. The Costs of Crime and Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean.- 5. Crime’s Dual Burden: Business and Fiscal Costs of Insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean.- 6. Collateral Damage: New Evidence on the Effect of Homicides on Economic Activity at the Local Level.- Part III. The Human, Social, and Institutional Consequences of Violent Crime.- 7. Organized Crime in Latin America: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Responses.- 8. The Hidden Costs of Violence: How Crime Shapes Women’s Labor Market Outcomes in Latin America.- 9. Looking Beyond Homicide Rates: Organized Crime Dynamics, Institutions and Development in Contemporary Latin America.- Part IV. Policy Responses to Crime.- 10. Criminal Malpractice: Why Cities Can’t Copy Their Way to Security.- 11. Strategies to Reduce Crime.- 12. The Criminal Economy: Tracking the Dirty Money That Fuels Transnational Organized Crime.

Luis Cubeddu is Deputy Director at the International Monetary Fund, USA.Raphael Espinoza is Deputy Division Chief at the International Monetary Fund, USA.Niels-Jakob Hansen is a Senior Economist at the International Monetary Fund, USA.

• 1. The Economics of Violent Crime in Latin America: An Overview.- Part I. The Economic, Institutional and External Drivers of Violent Crime.- 2. Unemployment, Crime, and Trade-Induced Job Loss.- 3. Revisiting the Economic, Institutional and External Drivers of Crime.- Part II. Quantifying the Economic Impact of Violent Crime.- 4. The Costs of Crime and Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean.- 5. Crime’s Dual Burden: Business and Fiscal Costs of Insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean.- 6. Collateral Damage: New Evidence on the Effect of Homicides on Economic Activity at the Local Level.- Part III. The Human, Social, and Institutional Consequences of Violent Crime.- 7. Organized Crime in Latin America: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Responses.- 8. The Hidden Costs of Violence: How Crime Shapes Women’s Labor Market Outcomes in Latin America.- 9. Looking Beyond Homicide Rates: Organized Crime Dynamics, Institutions and Development in Contemporary Latin America.- Part IV. Policy Responses to Crime.- 10. Criminal Malpractice: Why Cities Can’t Copy Their Way to Security.- 11. Strategies to Reduce Crime.- 12. The Criminal Economy: Tracking the Dirty Money That Fuels Transnational Organized Crime.