Vulnerability in Developing Countries
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| Title: | Vulnerability in Developing Countries |
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| Description: | Vulnerability has become the defining challenge of our times. More than one billion people worldwide live in extreme poverty. Facing risks exacerbated by natural hazards, ill-health and macroeconomic volatility, many are mired in inescapable poverty while millions others are on the brink of poverty. The need to better understand vulnerability is pressing, particularly in the case of developing countries where bulwarks against risks can be in short supply. This volume brings together essays from leading scholars to study the critical dimensions of vulnerability in developing countries, including. |
| Authors: | Wim Naudé, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino and Mark McGillivray |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Natural disasters--Developing countries, Poverty, Poverty--Developing countries, Public health--Developing countries |
| Categories: | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Vulnerability has become the defining challenge of our times. More than one billion people worldwide live in extreme poverty. Facing risks exacerbated by natural hazards, ill-health and macroeconomic volatility, many are mired in inescapable poverty while millions others are on the brink of poverty. The need to better understand vulnerability is pressing, particularly in the case of developing countries where bulwarks against risks can be in short supply. This volume brings together essays from leading scholars to study the critical dimensions of vulnerability in developing countries, including. |
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| ISBN: | 9789280811711 9789280871401 |
