This paper attempts to compare the concepts and metrics related to vulnerability notion as used in the poverty … poverty communities. The analysis shows that while vulnerability concepts in both the disciplines are defendable, broader … policy relevant statements about vulnerability could be made if the analysis clearly identifies three primitives introduced …

highlight that the CED rates and vulnerability rates can be very different across two sub-groups of population. Hence, the …

size can contribute to poverty and vulnerability through its impact on household savings, labor supply, and parental …

vulnerability to income poverty is made for the years 2000, 2003, and 2006. Measurement of household vulnerability is based on the … lines. Policy implications about the vulnerability assessment are also discussed. …

Concomitant to the analysis of poverty is the measurement of vulnerability. Estimates of household vulnerability to … household characteristics. Resulting vulnerability estimates are found to be higher than poverty rates, suggesting that policy …

Many rural poor people in developing countries depend on agriculture and are highly influenced by climatic change …

Many rural poor people in developing countries depend on agriculture and are highly influenced by climatic change …