Coping with flood: Role of institutions in Bangladesh

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-180

  Khandker, Shahidur R ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Flood; Microcredit impacts; Natural disaster; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FINANCE; COPING STRATEGY; CROP PRODUCTION; FLOOD DAMAGE; MICROFINANCE; NATURAL DISASTER; POVERTY; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33847055167     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2007.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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