TY  - BOOK
AU  - Naudé,Wim A.
AU  - Santos Paulino,Amelia Uliafnova
AU  - McGillivray,Mark
TI  - Vulnerability in developing countries
SN  - 9280811711
AV  - HC59.7 .V83 2009
U1  - 362.5091724 22
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - Tokyo, New York
PB  - United Nations University Press
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Public health
KW  - Natural disasters
KW  - Vulnerable Populations
KW  - Economic aspects
N1  - 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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