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This paper measures the effects of food price shocks on both the level of household consumption per capita and the instability of the household consumption per capita growth rate in developing countries. In this vein, the paper explores the role of aid and remittance inflows in the mitigation of...
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along which societies and economies evolve over time in such a way as to cover sufciently diferent vulnerability patterns … take into account the most relevant factors that defne the vulnerability of human systems to climate change and their …
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of the paper is the use of an ex ante food vulnerability estimate. Vulnerability is defined as the probability of falling … below a given threshold in the future. After constructing a vulnerability variable for each household, we run three separate …-employment), in order to evaluate the impact of vulnerability on participation to the non-agricultural sector. We take into account …
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simulation. Twelve vulnerability and externality indexes regarding social-economic-environmental dimensions are calculated to … assess vulnerability levels of the sector in seven scenarios. External costs of CO2, NOx, SO2 and PM10 are calculated to …
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propose a method to estimate an index of ex ante vulnerability to poverty, defined as the probability of being poor in the … generates a vulnerability index, or predicted probability of future poverty, which performs well in predicting future poverty …, including out of sample. About 80% of households with a 2000 vulnerability index of 100% are actually poor in 2007. This …
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The aim of this article is to study the vulnerability of the New-Caledonian economy from the analysis of the historical …-Caledonian economy doesn't show vulnerability signs insofar as the appreciation of assets linked to physical and human capital more than …
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considered as victimised consumers because of their vulnerability and the lack of their experiences and knowledge in terms of … develop a better understanding of young consumers' vulnerability, it is important to explore the areas and the behaviours …
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vulnerability faced by many developing countries. …
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In response to the need expressed by the UN General Assembly, an economic vulnerability index (EVI) has been defined by … economic vulnerability index can be designed for the low-income countries in particular. It recalls the conceptual and …
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As an answer to a need expressed by the UN General Assembly an Economic Vulnerability Index (EVI) has been defined by … economic vulnerability index can be designed, in particular for low income countries: it recalls the conceptual and empirical …
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