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Measuring Vulnerability in Developing Countries: New Analytical Approaches book cover

1st Edition

Measuring Vulnerability in Developing Countries New Analytical Approaches

Edited By Wim Naude, Amelia Santos-Paulino, Mark McGillivray Copyright 2012
144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge
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In all of the major challenges facing the world currently, whether it be climate change, terrorism and conflict, or urbanization and demographic change, no progress is possible without the alleviation of poverty. New approaches in development economics have in recent years started from the premise that we cannot successfully deal with poverty unless we also deal with vulnerability—but not only... Read more

1. Measuring Vulnerability: An Overview and Introduction Wim Naudé, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino and Mark McGillivray  2. An Economic Vulnerability Index: Its Design and Use for International Development Policy Patrick Guillaumont  3. Economic Vulnerability and Resilience: Concepts and Measurements Lino Briguglio, Gordon Cordina, Nadia Farrugia and Stephanie Vella  4. Measuring the Vulnerability of Subnational Regions in South Africa Wim Naudé, Mark McGillivray and Stephanié Rossouw  5. How Precisely Can We Estimate Vulnerability to Poverty? Yuan Zhang and Guanghua Wan  6. The Impact of Violent Conflicts on Households: What Do We Know and What Should We Know about War Widows? Tilman Brück and Kati Schindler

Biography

Wim Naudé is Professor of Development Economics and Entrepreneurship at Maastricht School of Management, Maastricht, The Netherlands, and Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, Finland.

Amelia U. Santos-Paulino is at the Division for Africa, Least Developed Countries and Special Programmes, UNCTAD, Geneva, Switzerland. She is a former UNU-WIDER Research Fellow.

Mark McGillivray is Research Professor of International Development at Alfred Deakin Research Institute, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia. He is a former deputy-director of UNU-WIDER.

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