Vulnerability in developing countries [electronic resource] / edited by Wim Naudé, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino and Mark McGillivray. - Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2009. - xxiii, 321 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Vulnerability in developing countries : an introduction / Measuring vulnerability and poverty : estimates for rural India / Vulnerability, trust and micro-credit : the case of China's rural poor / Assets, poverty dynamics and vulnerability : evidence from rural Tajikistan / Vulnerability, poverty and coping in Zimbabwe / Vulnerability dynamics and HIV risk in the semi-arid tropics of rural Andhra Pradesh / Vulnerability to hunger : responding to food crises in fragile states / Vulnerability of small-island economies : the impact of "natural" disasters in the Caribbean / Natural disasters and remittances : poverty, gender and disaster vulnerability in Caribbean SIDS / Growth-oriented macroeconomic policies for small-island economies : lessons from Singapore / Vulnerability in developing countries : implications and conclusions / Wim Naudé, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino and Mark McGillivray -- Raghav Gaiha and Katsushi Imai -- Calum G. Turvey and Rong Kong -- Oleksiy Ivaschenko and Cem Mete -- Kate Bird and Martin Prowse -- B. Valentine Joseph Gandhi, Ma. Cynthia Serquiña Bantilan and Devanathan Parthasarathy -- Colin Andrews and Margarita Flores -- Martin Philipp Heger, Alex Julca and Oliver Paddison -- Marlene Attzs -- Anis Chowdhury -- Wim Naudé, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino and Mark McGillivray.


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Poverty--Developing countries.
Public health--Developing countries.
Natural disasters--Developing countries.


Electronic books.

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