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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: xxiii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9280811711
  • 9789280811711
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.5091724 22
LOC classification:
  • HC59.7 .V83 2009
Contents:
1. Vulnerability in developing countries: An introduction / Wim Naude, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino, Mark McGillivray -- Part I. Income and health -- 2. Measuring vulnerability and poverty: Estimates for rural India / Raghav Gaiha, Katsushi Imai -- 3. Vulnerability, trust and micro-credit: The case of China's rural poor / Calum G. Turvey, Rong Kong -- 4. Assets, poverty dynamics and vulnerability: Evidence from rural Tajikistan / Oleksiy Ivaschenko, Cem Mete -- 5. Vulnerability, poverty and coping in Zimbabwe / Kate Bird, Martin Prowse -- 6. Vulnerability dynamics and HIV risk in the semi-arid tropics of rural Andhra Pradesh / B. Valentine, Joseph Gandhi, Ma. Cynthia, Serquina Bantilan, Devanathan Parthasarathy -- 7. Vulnerability to hunger: Responding to food crises in fragile states / Colin Andrews, Margarita Flores -- Part II. Natural hazards and macroeconomic shocks -- 8. Vulnerability of small-island economies: The impact of "natural" disasters in the Caribbean / Martin Philipp Heger, Alex Julca, Oliver Paddison -- 9. Natural disasters and remittances: Poverty, gender and disaster vulnerability in Caribbean SIDS / Marlene Attzs -- 10. Growth-oriented macroeconomic policies for small-island economies: Lessons from Singapore / Anis Chowdhury -- Part III. Conclusion -- 11. Vulnerability in developing countries: Implications and conclusions / Wim Naude, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino, Mark McGillivray.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Vulnerability in developing countries: An introduction / Wim Naude, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino, Mark McGillivray -- Part I. Income and health -- 2. Measuring vulnerability and poverty: Estimates for rural India / Raghav Gaiha, Katsushi Imai -- 3. Vulnerability, trust and micro-credit: The case of China's rural poor / Calum G. Turvey, Rong Kong -- 4. Assets, poverty dynamics and vulnerability: Evidence from rural Tajikistan / Oleksiy Ivaschenko, Cem Mete -- 5. Vulnerability, poverty and coping in Zimbabwe / Kate Bird, Martin Prowse -- 6. Vulnerability dynamics and HIV risk in the semi-arid tropics of rural Andhra Pradesh / B. Valentine, Joseph Gandhi, Ma. Cynthia, Serquina Bantilan, Devanathan Parthasarathy -- 7. Vulnerability to hunger: Responding to food crises in fragile states / Colin Andrews, Margarita Flores -- Part II. Natural hazards and macroeconomic shocks -- 8. Vulnerability of small-island economies: The impact of "natural" disasters in the Caribbean / Martin Philipp Heger, Alex Julca, Oliver Paddison -- 9. Natural disasters and remittances: Poverty, gender and disaster vulnerability in Caribbean SIDS / Marlene Attzs -- 10. Growth-oriented macroeconomic policies for small-island economies: Lessons from Singapore / Anis Chowdhury -- Part III. Conclusion -- 11. Vulnerability in developing countries: Implications and conclusions / Wim Naude, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino, Mark McGillivray.

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