
Vulnerability to Poverty
Theory, Measurement and Determinants, with Case Studies from Thailand and Vietnam
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 14. January 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
337 pages
978-1-349-59061-2 (ISBN)
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With the current global crisis, high levels of volatility in trade, capital flows, commodity prices, aid, and the looming threat of climate change, this book brings together high-quality research and presents conceptual issues and empirical results to analyze the determinants of the vulnerability to poverty in developing countries.
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Edition
2013 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
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Bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-349-59061-2 (9781349590612)
DOI
10.1057/9780230306622
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Theory, Measurement and Determinants, with Case Studies from Thailand and Vietnam
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Persons
JÜRGEN BRÜNJES Research Associate and lecturer at the Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
BERND HARDEWEG Post-doc Research Associate at the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
VERA JUNGE Research Associate at the Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography at Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
NIELS KEMPER Post-doctoral Researcher at the University of Mannheim, Germany
CARMEN KISLAT Research Fellow at the Institute of Money and International Finance at Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
RAINER KLUMP Professor of Economics, Economic Development and Economic Integration at the Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, since 2000
KAI MAUSCH Associate Professional Officer at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), currently based in Malawi
TOBIAS LECHTENFELD Research Associate at the Development Economics Research Group at the University of Göttingen, Germany
INGO LIEFNER Professor of Economic Geography at Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
LUKAS MENKHOFF Professor of Money and International Finance at Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
TUNG DUC PHUNG Development Economist and chairman of the Indochina Research and Consulting Company (IRC) in Hanoi, Vietnam
FELIX POVEL PhD at the Development Economics Research Group at the University of Göttingen, Germany
SUWANNA PRANEETVATKUL Associate Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, at the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Faculty of Economics, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
JAVIER REVILLA DIEZ Professor of Economic Geography at Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany
ORNSIRI RUNGRUXSIRIVORN Senior Economist at the Ministry of Finance in Thailand
DOMINIK SCHMID Junior Policy Advisor at the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Eschborn, Germany
ERICH SCHMIDT was Professor and Director of the Institute of Market Analyses and Agricultural Policy at the School of Economics and Management at the Leibniz University of Hannover in Germany until his retirement in 2006
SONGPORNE TONGRUKSAWATTANA PhD in Development and Agricultural Economics from Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
MARC VOELKER Statistical Office of the State Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
BERND HARDEWEG Post-doc Research Associate at the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
VERA JUNGE Research Associate at the Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography at Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
NIELS KEMPER Post-doctoral Researcher at the University of Mannheim, Germany
CARMEN KISLAT Research Fellow at the Institute of Money and International Finance at Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
RAINER KLUMP Professor of Economics, Economic Development and Economic Integration at the Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, since 2000
KAI MAUSCH Associate Professional Officer at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), currently based in Malawi
TOBIAS LECHTENFELD Research Associate at the Development Economics Research Group at the University of Göttingen, Germany
INGO LIEFNER Professor of Economic Geography at Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
LUKAS MENKHOFF Professor of Money and International Finance at Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
TUNG DUC PHUNG Development Economist and chairman of the Indochina Research and Consulting Company (IRC) in Hanoi, Vietnam
FELIX POVEL PhD at the Development Economics Research Group at the University of Göttingen, Germany
SUWANNA PRANEETVATKUL Associate Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, at the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Faculty of Economics, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
JAVIER REVILLA DIEZ Professor of Economic Geography at Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany
ORNSIRI RUNGRUXSIRIVORN Senior Economist at the Ministry of Finance in Thailand
DOMINIK SCHMID Junior Policy Advisor at the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Eschborn, Germany
ERICH SCHMIDT was Professor and Director of the Institute of Market Analyses and Agricultural Policy at the School of Economics and Management at the Leibniz University of Hannover in Germany until his retirement in 2006
SONGPORNE TONGRUKSAWATTANA PhD in Development and Agricultural Economics from Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
MARC VOELKER Statistical Office of the State Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Content
Defining and Measuring Vulnerability: State of the Art and New Proposals; S.Klasen & F.Povel Establishing a Database for Vulnerability Assessment; B.Hardeweg, S.Klasen & H.Waibel Using Household Surveys to Capture Vulnerability: Issues and Challenges; S.Klasen, T.Lechtenfeld & F.Povel Mapping Vulnerability: Extending Static Poverty Maps for Vietnam; T.Lechtenfeld Rural-Rural Differences in Vietnamese Pro-Poor Growth: Does Households' Income Composition Make a Difference? K.Mausch, J.Diez & R.Klump Impact of Food Price Shocks on Vulnerability to Poverty: A Mathematical Programming Approach; M.Völke, S.Tongruksawattana, E.Schmidt & H.Waibel Agricultural Diversification and Vulnerability to Poverty: A Comparison between Vietnam and Thailand; S.Praneetvatakul, T.Phung & H.Waibel Ex-post Coping Strategies of Rural Households in Thailand and Vietnam; S.Tongruksawattana, V.Junge, H.Waibel, J.Diez & E.Schmidt Financial Shock-Coping in Rural Thailand and Vietnam; N.Kemper, R.Klump, L.Menkhoff & O.Rungruxsirivorn The Village Fund Loan Program: Who Gets It, Keeps It and Loses It; C.Kislat & L.Menkhoff Participation in Regional Non-Farm Wage Activities: Evidence from Thailand and Vietnam; J.Brünjes, D.Schmid, J.Diez & I.Liefner