00698nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000100001700018245004200035260004300077300001800120520043100138583001900569 a03.02.05 V991 aNaudé, Wim aVulnerability in developing countries bUnited Nations Univ. P.aTokyoJPc2009 axxiii, 321 p. aFocuses broadly on vulnerability with respect to income and health. Considers also two pertinent contemporary challenges that impinge on household vulnerabiity namely, HIV/AIDS and food security. Notes that much of the source of the risk facing poor households lies beyond their capability to prevent shocks, and that often their coping strategies have adverse consequences for their future vulnerability and poverty status. c11/11/09kJOYD