, looking at food insecurity from a vulnerability perspective provides a dynamic and forward looking way of analysing causes and … vulnerability. …

Microfinance and Poverty probes a set of assumptions that have arisen about microfinance and poverty reduction and that … and analysis of theoretical and applied literature on microfinance and poverty. The view of microcredit that emerges is …

and their livelihoods? Under what circumstances, and for what types of households, will shocks push households into … poverty traps from which recovery is not possible? In an effort to answer these questions, this paper analyses the asset … poverty traps and that they tend to militate against any tendency of the poor to catch up with wealthier households. Policy …

Microfinance and Poverty probes a set of assumptions that have arisen about microfinance and poverty reduction and that … and analysis of theoretical and applied literature on microfinance and poverty. The view of microcredit that emerges is …

access to markets, public services and utilities. Efforts to reduce vulnerability to increased climate variability in the … reduce dependence on risky agricultural production. Finally, diversification of livelihoods is constrained by deficiencies in …

two dimensions. Vulnerability has an external and internal dimension, and food insecurity has a temporal and intensity … dimensions is important for understanding the significant role that livelihoods play in the accumulation of assets and for … accessing food. It makes the understanding of the multiple causes and consequences of vulnerability and food insecurity for …

/challenges to their livelihoods. Responses were grouped into categories of risk according to the capital assets on which livelihoods … greatest source of risk to livelihoods. Furthermore, flood, drought, and other measures of climate variability are perceived as …