Vulnerability in developing countries [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Wim Naudé, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino and Mark McGillivray

• Pubblicazione: Tokyo ; ; New York, : United Nations University Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (347 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.509172/4
• Soggetto topico: Poverty - Developing countries; Public health - Developing countries; Natural disasters - Developing countries
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: NaudéWim A Santos PaulinoAmelia Uliafnova McGillivrayMark
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Vulnerability in developing countries : an introduction / Wim Naudé, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino and Mark McGillivray -- Measuring vulnerability and poverty : estimates for rural India / Raghav Gaiha and Katsushi Imai -- Vulnerability, trust and micro-credit : the case of China's rural poor / Calum G. Turvey and Rong Kong -- Assets, poverty dynamics and vulnerability : evidence from rural Tajikistan / Oleksiy Ivaschenko and Cem Mete -- Vulnerability, poverty and coping in Zimbabwe / Kate Bird and Martin Prowse -- 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 -- Vulnerability to hunger : responding to food crises in fragile states / Colin Andrews and Margarita Flores -- Vulnerability of small-island economies : the impact of "natural" disasters in the Caribbean / Martin Philipp Heger, Alex Julca and Oliver Paddison -- Natural disasters and remittances : poverty, gender and disaster vulnerability in Caribbean SIDS / Marlene Attzs -- Growth-oriented macroeconomic policies for small-island economies : lessons from Singapore / Anis Chowdhury -- Vulnerability in developing countries : implications and conclusions / Wim Naudé, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino and Mark McGillivray.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.The need to better understand vulnerability is pressing, particularly in the case of developing countries where bulwarks against risks can be in short supply. This volume brings together essays from leading scholars to study the critical dimensions of vulnerability in developing countries, including
• Titolo autorizzato: Vulnerability in developing countries
• ISBN: 92-808-7140-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456554603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II