Shocks and Coping Strategies in the Urban Squatter Settlements of San Salvador

Poverty and Public Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 180-202

  Échevin, Damien ^a   Tejerina, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

consumption smoothing; El Salvador; multi shocks survey; urban squatter settlements; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994047378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19442858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pop4.27     Document Type: Article

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