The literature on welfare analysis has recently started to take into account uncertainty and insecurity as essential dimensions of poverty, referring to this issue as Vulnerability (WDR 2000, p.12). There is still no agreement about vulnerability’s definition nor about ways of measuring it. In this work, we review the main contributions to vulnerability’s measurement in the existing literature and we try to underline strengths and shortfalls of the different approaches.
Vulnerability to Poverty
CERIANI, LIDIA
2007
Abstract
The literature on welfare analysis has recently started to take into account uncertainty and insecurity as essential dimensions of poverty, referring to this issue as Vulnerability (WDR 2000, p.12). There is still no agreement about vulnerability’s definition nor about ways of measuring it. In this work, we review the main contributions to vulnerability’s measurement in the existing literature and we try to underline strengths and shortfalls of the different approaches.
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