Vulnerability in developing countries
By: edited by Wim Naudé, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino and Mark McGillivray.
Contributors: Naudé, Wim A.; Santos Paulino, Amelia Uliafnova.; McGillivray, Mark.
Publisher: United Nations University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Tokyo, Japan; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9789280811711
Subjects: Poverty -- Developing countries; Public health -- Developing countries; Natural disasters -- Developing countries; Developing Countries -- economics; Poverty; Socioeconomic Factors; Vulnerable Populations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Vulnerability in developing countries : an introduction / Wim Naudé, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino and Mark McGillivray; title: Measuring vulnerability and poverty : estimates for rural India / Raghav Gaiha and Katsushi Imai; title: Vulnerability, trust and micro-credit : the case of China's rural poor / Calum G. Turvey and Rong Kong; title: Assets, poverty dynamics and vulnerability : evidence from rural Tajikistan / Oleksiy Ivaschenko and Cem Mete; title: Vulnerability, poverty and coping in Zimbabwe /  Kate Bird and Martin Prowse; title: Vulnerability dynamics and HIV risk in the semi-arid tropics of rural Andhra Pradesh / B. Valentine Joseph Gandhi, Ma. Cynthia Serquiña Bantilan and Devanathan Parthasarathy; title: Vulnerability to hunger : responding to food crises in fragile states / Colin Andrews and Margarita Flores; title: Vulnerability of small-island economies : the impact of "natural" disasters in the Caribbean / Martin Philipp Heger, Alex Julca and Oliver Paddison; title: Natural disasters and remittances : poverty, gender and disaster vulnerability in Caribbean SIDS / Marlene Attzs; title: Growth-oriented macroeconomic policies for small-island economies : lessons from Singapore / Anis Chowdhury; title: Vulnerability in developing countries : implications and conclusions / Wim Naudé, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino and Mark McGillivray.