Measuring vulnerability: An overview and introduction

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 183-191

  Naudé, Wim ^a   Santos Paulino, Amelia U ^a   McGillivray, Mark ^b  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Australian Agency for International Development   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; POVERTY; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 77949407074     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: 14699966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600810903085792     Document Type: Article

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