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Small island developing states and their economic vulnerabilities.

BRIGUGLIO, Lino

Small island developing states and their economic vulnerabilities. - 1995

Gives a brief account of the most important vulnerabilities of small island developing states, viz. small size, remoteness and insularity, disaster proneness, environmental fragility, dependence on foreign sources of finance, and, demographic changes due to emigration. Proposes a method for constructing an index to measure economic vulnerability.










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