Vulnerability to poverty : theory, measurement and determinants, with case studies from Thailand and Vietnam / Stephan Klasen and Hermann Waibel

By:

Klasen, Stephan (ed)

Contributor(s):

Waibel, Hermann (ed)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013Description: xviii, 337p. 22cmISBN:

9780230248915

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DDC classification:

362.5091724 KLA

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Calcutta	362.5091724 KLA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		IIMC-140627

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This book provides a comprehensive treatment of measurement, determinants and policy implications of vulnerability to poverty. It provides new approaches to the conceptualization and measurement of vulnerability to poverty based on custom-made panel data for Thailand and Vietnam and analyses in detail how risks and shocks affect the vulnerability of households in these two economies. In addition, it analyses the determinants of vulnerability and household coping strategies to deal with shocks and to reduce future risks. It also derives policy implications to reduce vulnerability to poverty and examines the impact of policies

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