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Title
Targeting the Vulnerable and the Choice of Vulnerability Measures: Review and Application to Pakistan
Creator
Creator Name
Kurosaki, Takashi Kurosaki, Takashi
黒崎, 卓 黒崎, 卓
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Hitotsubashi University
Editor
Contributor Name
途上国における貧困削減と制度・市場・政策 : ミクロとマクロの統合アプローチ = Poverty Reduction, Institutions, Markets, and Policies in Developing Countries : Toward a Theory of Comparative Economic Development
Key Word
vulnerability
poverty
risk
consumption smoothing
Pakistan
JEL
I32
I38
Abstract
In this paper, the concept of vulnerability of the poor’s welfare and its practical measures are scrutinized in order to derive implications for targeting poverty reduction policies toward vulnerable households. As illustration, various measures of vulnerability proposed in the literature are applied to a panel dataset collected in rural Pakistan. The empirical results show that different vulnerability rankings can be obtained depending on the choice of the measure. By utilizing these measures, we can identify who and which region is more vulnerable to a particular type of risk. This kind of information is useful in targeting poverty reduction policies. Since the nature of vulnerability is diverse, it is advisable to use the whole vector of various vulnerability measures.
Publisher
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Issued Date
2010-10
Language
English(eng)
Resource Type
technical report
Version Type
VoR
Is Part OfRelation -
Related Title
PRIMCED Discussion Paper Series ; No. 1
Number of Pages
31
Sponsorship
基盤研究(S) = Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)
Appears in Collections
PRIMCED Discussion Paper Series
URL
https://hdl.handle.net/10086/18731