00968nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000100001800018245007000036260002900106300002700135520067600162583002000838  a03.02.01 C953  aCrowards, Tom  aIndex of inherent economic vulnerability for developing countries  bCDBaSt. MichaelBBc2000  a1 v. (various pagings)  aConcentrates on the exposure of an economy to external shocks.  Considers various aspects of economic vulnerability and how these might be measured.  Outlines the variables employed in the study and then derives an aggregated index of vulnerability from these variables, considering a number of alternative scaling methodologies.  Analyses the results in terms of the links between vulnerability and physical characteristics such as country size, and the sensitivity of the results to altering key parameters.  Makes conclusions on the relationship between economic vulnerability and inherent country characteristics, and the implications this has for policy formulation.  c10/16/00kJOY_D