Rediscovering vulnerability through a risk chain: Views from different disciplines

Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-370

  Siegel, Paul B ^a   Alwang, Jeffrey ^b   Jorgensen, Steen L ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Poverty; Risk; Risk chain; Risk management; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RISK FACTOR; WORLD BANK;

EID: 0141919640     PISSN: 00498599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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