Vulnerability in developing countries / edited by Wim Naudé, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino and Mark McGillivray
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| Subjects: | Poverty--Developing countries Public health--Developing countries Natural disasters--Developing countries |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2009 |
| LC Classification: | H, HC |
| Table of Contents: | 1. Vulnerability in developing countries : an introduction / Wim Naude, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino, Mark McGillivray 1 2. Measuring vulnerability and poverty : estimates for rural India / Raghav Gaiha, Katsushi Imai 13 3. Vulnerability, trust and micro-credit : the case of China's rural poor / Calum G. Turvey, Rong Kong 55 4. Assets, poverty dynamics and vulnerability : evidence from rural Tajikistan / Oleksiy Ivaschenko, Cem Mete 81 5. Vulnerability, poverty and coping in Zimbabwe / Kate Bird, Martin Prowse 118 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 156 7. Vulnerability to hunger : responding to food crises in fragile states / Colin Andrews, Margarita Flores 190 8. Vulnerability of small-island economies : the impact of "natural" disasters in the Caribbean / Martin Philipp Heger, Alex Julca, Oliver Paddison 215 9. Natural disasters and remittances : poverty, gender and disaster vulnerability in Caribbean SIDS / Marlene Attzs 249 10. Growth-oriented macroeconomic policies for small-island economies : lessons from Singapore / Anis Chowdhury 262 11. Vulnerability in developing countries : implications and conclusions / Wim Naude, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino, Mark McGillivray 291 Index 304 |
| Additional Authors: | Naudé, Wim A Santos Paulino, Amelia Uliafnova McGillivray, Mark |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2009018539 ISBN: 9789280811711 (pbk.) ISBN: 9280811711 (pbk.) Includes bibliographical references and index Contents: 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 |
| Physical Description: | xxiii, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 320493094 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 9789280811711 9280811711 |