How do poor rural households in myanmar cope with shocks? coping strategies in a fishing and farming village in rakhine state

Developing Economies

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-112

  Okamoto, Ikuko ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPING ECONOMIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coping strategy; Credit; Rural household; Shocks; Survey

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INSURANCE SYSTEM; INTEREST RATE; LENDING BEHAVIOR; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL FINANCE; RURAL SOCIETY;

ARAKAN; MYANMAR;

EID: 79951735269     PISSN: 00121533     EISSN: 17461049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1049.2010.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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