Review article: Resilience, poverty and development

Journal of International Development

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 598-623

  Béné, Christophe ^a   Newsham, Andrew ^a   Davies, Mark ^a   Ulrichs, Martina ^a   Godfrey Wood, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Development; Poverty; Pro poor interventions; Resilience; Transformation; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84903753045     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.2992     Document Type: Review

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