Are non-poor households always less vulnerable? The case of households exposed to protracted civil war in Southern Sudan

Disasters

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 377-398

  Deng, Luka Biong ^a,b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Ministry of Presidential Affairs   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Counter insurgency; Non poor; Poverty; Sudan; Vulnerability; War

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; COPING STRATEGY; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POVERTY; SUDAN; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WAR;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; POVERTY; SUDAN; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WAR;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

EID: 48849108758     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2008.01045.x     Document Type: Article

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