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080 _a03.02.05 V991
100 _aNaudé, Wim
245 _aVulnerability in developing countries
260 _bUnited Nations Univ. P.
_aTokyoJP
_c2009
300 _axxiii, 321 p.
520 _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.
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