Vulnerability to poverty: theory, measurement and determinants

While absolute poverty in emerging economies has been falling substantially in recent years, persistent risks and shocks, ranging from macro shocks such ashigh food prices to micro shocks such as drought or harvest failure, have left millions of people in a perpetual state of vulnerability to poverty. As a consequence, development policies in emerging economies are increasingly moving from fighting current poverty to reducing such future vulnerability to poverty. 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 analyzes in detail how risks and shocks affect the vulnerability of households in these two economies. In addition, it analyzes the determinants of vulnerability and household copingstrategies 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. INDICE: Defining and Measuring Vulnerability: State of the Art and New Proposals; S.Klasen. &. F.Povel.Establishing a Database for Vulnerability Assessment; B.Hardeweg, S.Klasen. &. H.Waibel.Using Household Surveys to Capture Vulnerability: Issues and Challenges; S.Klasen, T.Lechtenfeld. &. F.Povel.Mapping Vulnerability: Extending Static Poverty Maps for Vietnam; T.Lechtenfeld.Rural-Rural Differences in Vietnamese Pro-Poor Growth: Does Households' Income Composition Make a Difference?. K.Mausch, J.Diez. &. R.Klump.Impact of Food Price Shocks on Vulnerability to Poverty: A Mathematical Programming Approach; M.Völke, S.Tongruksawattana, E.Schmidt. &. H.Waibel.Agricultural Diversification and Vulnerability to Poverty: A Comparison between Vietnam and Thailand; S.Praneetvatakul, T.Phung. &. H.Waibel.Ex-post Coping Strategies of Rural Households in Thailand and Vietnam; S.Tongruksawattana,. V.Junge, H.Waibel, J.Diez. &. E.Schmidt.Financial Shock-Coping in Rural Thailand and Vietnam; N.Kemper, R.Klump, L.Menkhoff. &. O.Rungruxsirivorn.The Village Fund Loan Program: Who Gets It, Keeps It and Loses It; C.Kislat. &. L.Menkhoff.Participation in Regional Non-Farm Wage Activities: Evidence from Thailand and Vietnam; J.Brünjes, D.Schmid, J.Diez. &. I.Liefner.

• ISBN: 978-0-230-24891-5
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 25/09/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido