Measuring Vulnerability in Developing Countries - New Analytical Approaches

Informationen zum Autor 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 Chief of the Investment Research Section in the Division on Investment and Enterprise! United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)! Geneva! Switzerland. She is also the Deputy Editor of the Transnational Corporations Journal.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. Klappentext In all of the major challenges facing the world currently - whether it be climate change! terrorism or conflict - no progress is possible without the alleviation of poverty. This book provide insights into new approaches in conceptualising and measuring vulnerability in developing countries. Zusammenfassung Advancing global development need to go beyond simple measures of poverty towards measuring and understanding human vulnerability – and resilience – in all its dimensions. This book provides an illustration and assessment of recent advances in measuring vulnerability. This book was published as a special issue of Oxford Development Studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...

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• Authors: Mark McGillivray, McGillivray Mark, Wim Naude, Wim Santos-Paulino Naude, Naude Wim, Amelia Santos-Paulino, Santos-Paulino Amelia
• Assisted by: Mark McGillivray (Editor), McGillivray Mark (Editor), Wim Naude (Editor), Naude Wim (Editor), Amelia Santos-Paulino (Editor), Santos-Paulino Amelia (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.09.2011
• EAN: 9780415685948
• ISBN: 978-0-415-68594-8
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 241 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); NATURE / Natural Disasters, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Social issues & processes, Social and ethical issues, Natural disasters, Development Studies, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies