The role of microcredit in reducing women's vulnerabilities to multiple disasters

Disasters

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 240-260

  Ray Bennett, Nibedita S ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microcredit; Multiple disasters; Orissa; Vulnerability; Women headed households

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; CREDIT PROVISION; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLD; MICROFINANCE; NATURAL DISASTER; VULNERABILITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISASTER; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK REDUCTION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; DISASTERS; FEMALE; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; ORISSA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70949095606     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2009.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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