This paper focuses on vulnerability of rural households to poverty when a negative crop shock occurs. Of particular … concern is the possibilty of some sections experiencing long spells of poverty as a consequence of such shocks. The analysis … of anti-poverty strategy is necessary to avoid welfare losses from negative crop shocks that are frequent and …

This paper focuses on vulnerability of rural households to poverty when a negative crop shock occurs based on the … of poverty as a consequence of such shocks. Using alternative specifications that take into account both direct and … indirect effects of crop shocks, an assessment of vulnerability of different groups (e.g. caste affiliations) of households and …

substantially different levels of vulnerability to poverty among population groups facing different risks. In the context of the … the changing role of the risk-mitigating social policies looking through the theoretical lenses of the risk society. The … state shifts towards promotion of individual responsibility for risk management. The welfare state policies can produce …

We investigate the accuracy of ex ante assessments of vulnerability to income poverty using cross-sectional data and … vulnerability predictions is limited even when panel data are used. In part this low accuracy is due to low poverty incidence and … high mobility in and out of poverty. …

vulnerability, defined as the threat of poverty over time, that incorporates risk. An application to data from Ethiopia shows that …We explore how to measure poverty over time, by focusing on trajectories of poverty rather than poverty at a particular … characterization of desirable properties for measuring poverty across these spells, as well as an explicit discussion of three issues …

substantially different levels of vulnerability to poverty among population groups facing different risks. In the context of the … the changing role of the risk-mitigating social policies looking through the theoretical lenses of the risk society. The … state shifts towards promotion of individual responsibility for risk management. The welfare state policies can produce …

useful in targeting poverty reduction policies. Since the nature of vulnerability is diverse, it is advisable to use the …In this paper, the concept of vulnerability of the poor welfare and its practical measures are scrutinized in order to … derive implications for targeting poverty reduction policies toward vulnerable households. As illustration, various measures …