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9789280811711

Vulnerability in Developing Countries

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  • ISBN13:

    9789280811711

  • ISBN10:

    9280811711

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-09-01
  • Publisher: United Nations Univ

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Summary

Vulnerability has become the defining challenge of our times. More than one billion people worldwide live in extreme poverty. Facing risks exacerbated by natural hazards, ill-health and macroeconomic volatility, many are mired in inescapable poverty while millions others are on the brink of poverty.

Author Biography

Wim Naud is a senior research fellow at UNU-WIDER. He was previously employed at North-West University in South Africa and in the Centre for the Study of African Economies at the University of Oxford. Amelia U. Santos-Paulino is a research fellow at UNU-WIDER. She has also been a research fellow in the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. Mark McGillivray is chief economist at the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). He has also served as deputy director of UNU-WIDER.

Table of Contents

Figuresp. vii
Tablesp. x
Boxesp. xiii
Contributorsp. xiv
Forewordp. xviii
Acknowledgementsp. xx
Abbreviationsp. xxii
Vulnerability in developing countries: An introductionp. 1
Income and healthp. 11
Measuring vulnerability and poverty: Estimates for rural Indiap. 13
Vulnerability, trust and micro-credit: The case of China's rural poorp. 55
Assets, poverty dynamics and vulnerability: Evidence from rural Tajikistanp. 81
Vulnerability, poverty and coping in Zimbabwep. 118
Vulnerability dynamics and HIV risk in the semi-arid tropics of rural Andhra Pradeshp. 156
Vulnerability to hunger: Responding to food crises in fragile statesp. 190
Natural hazards and macroeconomic shocksp. 213
Vulnerability of small-island economies: The impact of "natural" disasters in the Caribbeanp. 215
Natural disasters and remittances: Poverty, gender and disaster vulnerability in Caribbean SIDSp. 249
Growth-oriented macroeconomic policies for small-island economies: Lessons from Singaporep. 262
Conclusionp. 289
Vulnerability in developing countries: Implications and conclusionsp. 291
Indexp. 304
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