Household vulnerability and resilience to economic shocks : findings from Melanesia / / edited by Simon Feeny
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| Titolo: |
Household vulnerability and resilience to economic shocks : findings from Melanesia / / edited by Simon Feeny
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| Pubblicazione: | Farnham, Surrey : , : Ashgate, , [2014] |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (167 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 330.995 |
| Soggetto topico: | Households - Melanesia |
| Financial crises - Melanesia | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Melanesia Economic conditions |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
FeenySimon
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Household vulnerability and resilience to shocks in Melanesia : an overview / Simon Feeny and May Miller-Dawkins -- Coconut trees in a cyclone : vulnerability and resilience in a Melanesian context / Lachlan McDonald -- Responding to shocks : women's experiences of economic shocks in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu / Jaclyn Donahue, Kate Eccles and May Miller-Dawkins -- Mobility and economic resilience in Melanesia / Alberto Posso and Matthew Clarke -- Vulnerability to what? multidimensional poverty in Melanesia / Matthew Clarke, Simon Feeny and Lachlan McDonald -- Vulnerability, resilience and dynamism of the custom economy in Melanesia / Lachlan McDonald, Vijay Naidu and Manoranjan Mohanty -- Vulnerability and resilience in Melanesia : a case for formal social protection? / Simon Feeny. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Focusing on the vulnerability and resilience to economic shocks at the household level, this book draws on extensive research activities carried out in two Melanesia countries: the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. In particular, the book identifies the household impacts of the recent food, fuel and economic crises. The authors also examine resilience by identifying how households responded to these recent economic events in order to cope with their impacts. The authors highlight key areas in which public policy and development programmes can reduce household vulnerability and increase their resili |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Household vulnerability and resilience to economic shocks |
| ISBN: | 1-317-12106-6 |
| 1-317-12105-8 | |
| 1-4724-1920-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910463004303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Ashgate Economic Geography Series