Vulnerability In Developing Countries

Author : Wim A. Naudé
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vulnerability in Developing Countries written by Wim A. Naudé and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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...

Author : Wim Naude
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131798451X
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Measuring Vulnerability in Developing Countries written by Wim Naude and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-29 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 vulnerability to income poverty but also vulnerability to various others hazards—such as climate, conflict, macroeconomic shocks and natural disasters. This book provide insights into new approaches in conceptualising and measuring vulnerability. It includes chapters dealing with advanced issues such as the compilation of economic vulnerability indices (EVIs) on a macro-level, of conceptualizing and measuring local vulnerability across regions in a country, and of measuring the flip-side of vulnerability, namely resilience. The book also explores the sensitivities of the various measurements of vulnerability to vulnerability lines, poverty lines, and permanent income, with consideration to some of the most vulnerable groups in developing countries. Overall, the contributions in the book consolidate new approaches as far as the concept and measurement of vulnerability on different levels and outcomes are concerned, and note directions for future research. This book was published as a special issue of Oxford Development Studies.

Author : Salim Momtaz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429869738
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Climate Change Impacts and Women’s Livelihood written by Salim Momtaz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Very few studies have been conducted to explore the vulnerability of women in the context of climate change. This book addresses this absence by investigating the structure of women’s livelihoods and coping capacity in a disaster vulnerable coastal area of Bangladesh. The research findings suggest that the distribution of livelihood capitals of vulnerable women in rural Bangladesh is heavily influenced by several climatic events, such as cyclones, floods and seasonal droughts that periodically affect the region. Women face several challenges in their livelihoods, including vulnerability to their income, household assets, lives and health, food security, education, water sources, sanitation and transportation systems, because of ongoing climate change impacts. The findings have important policy relevance for all involved in disaster and risk management, both within Bangladesh and the developing countries facing climate change impacts. Based on the research findings, the book also provides recommendations to improving the livelihoods of women in the coastal communities. This book will appeal to academics, researchers and professionals in environmental management, gender and development, and climate change governance looking at the effects of and adaptation to climate change, gender issues and natural disaster management strategies.

Author : Jonathan P. Atkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Commonwealth Vulnerability Index for Developing Countries written by Jonathan P. Atkins and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is growing international recognition that high economic exposure, remoteness, isolation and proneness to natural disasters all have a debilitating effect on small economies, despite the fact that some of them exhibit relatively high per capita incomes. This paper presents a Commonwealth vulnerability index that is designed to quantify vulnerability, and hence provide a means to identify vulnerable states. This index can be used as an operational tool in determining whether small states should be accorded differential treatment by the international community. It is intended as an additional criterion to augment other factors, such as per capita income, which are taken into account in reaching decisions on the treatment of certain developing countries by international organisations.

Author : G. M. Monirul Alam
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030772594
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Climate Vulnerability and Resilience in the Global South written by G. M. Monirul Alam and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-08-21 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides hands-on conceptual, theoretical, and case study discussions on vulnerability and resilience in the global south. This book covers the core of adaptation strategies in developing countries context in an easy-to-follow theoretical and empirical examples. This book shares contemporary approaches on vulnerability, adaptation strategies, and resilience, which aim to assist its targeted audience (academics, policymakers, and practitioners) to understand and make informed decisions in a wide variety of real-world resilience situations.

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Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN 13 : 9291461830
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mapping Climate Vulnerability and Poverty in Africa written by and published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Salim Momtaz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429869746
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Climate Change Impacts and Women’s Livelihood written by Salim Momtaz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Very few studies have been conducted to explore the vulnerability of women in the context of climate change. This book addresses this absence by investigating the structure of women’s livelihoods and coping capacity in a disaster vulnerable coastal area of Bangladesh. The research findings suggest that the distribution of livelihood capitals of vulnerable women in rural Bangladesh is heavily influenced by several climatic events, such as cyclones, floods and seasonal droughts that periodically affect the region. Women face several challenges in their livelihoods, including vulnerability to their income, household assets, lives and health, food security, education, water sources, sanitation and transportation systems, because of ongoing climate change impacts. The findings have important policy relevance for all involved in disaster and risk management, both within Bangladesh and the developing countries facing climate change impacts. Based on the research findings, the book also provides recommendations to improving the livelihoods of women in the coastal communities. This book will appeal to academics, researchers and professionals in environmental management, gender and development, and climate change governance looking at the effects of and adaptation to climate change, gender issues and natural disaster management strategies.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264914110
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Changing the Odds for Vulnerable Children Building Opportunities and Resilience written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report analyses the individual and environmental factors that contribute to child vulnerability. It calls on OECD countries to develop and implement cross-cutting well-being strategies that focus on empowering vulnerable families; strengthening children’s emotional and social skills; strengthening child protection; improving children’s health and educational outcomes; and reducing child poverty and material deprivation.

Author : International Court of Justice
Publisher : United Nations
ISBN 13 : 9213630301
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gallup World Poll written by International Court of Justice and published by United Nations. This book was released on 2011-06-15 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Many Faces of Global Migration report is an introduction to what Gallup has unearthed by asking migrants and potential migrants worldwide about their lives. The data presented in this report are based on Gallup’s ongoing World Poll surveys in more than 150 countries, territories and regions and more than 750,000 interviews since 2005. As such, these findings provide an unprecedented look at the different push-and-pull factors that influence migration, the experiences of those who desire to migrate to other countries permanently or temporarily for work, those who are planning to go, those who are preparing to go, those who have already left, and those who have returned home – and what this means for governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, and other stakeholders.

Author : Henry Shue
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198713703
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Climate Justice written by Henry Shue and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change is the most difficult threat facing humanity this century and negotiations to reach international agreement have so far foundered on deep issues of justice. Providing provocative and imaginative answers to key questions of justice, informed by political insight and scientific understanding, this book offers a new way forward.