Background Rurality can contribute to the vulnerability of people with chronic diseases.
Qualitative research can identify a wide range of health care access issues faced by patients …

We explore the impact of reduced transaction costs on risk sharing by estimating the effects
of a mobile money innovation on consumption. In our panel sample, adoption of the …

Abstract Scope, Delineations, and Definitions: Livelihoods, Poverty, and Inequality
Understanding the impacts of climate change on livelihoods and poverty requires examining …

Abstract We develop a Socioeconomic Vulnerability Index (SeVI) for climate change affected
communities in seven unions 1 of Koyra upazilla 2 in south-western coastal Bangladesh. We …

An emerging literature considers the linkages between vulnerability and poverty. 2 This
literature defines vulnerability as 'vulnerability to poverty', the likelihood that individuals …

There can be substantial debates on the particular functionings that should be included in
the list of important achievements and the corresponding capabilities. This valuational issue …

The most commonly used measure of a country's economic activity and the overall well-
being is gross domestic product (GDP). 1 It gauges the magnitude of economic production …

Even though much has been written about climate change and poverty as distinct and
complex problems, the link between them has received little attention. Understanding this …

Our understanding of the concept of poverty has improved and deepened considerably in
the last three decades or so following Amartya Sen's seminal work. Presently we possess …

Resilience as a metric is of growing interest to development researchers and practitioners,
particularly for those whose work concerns the effects of climate change, conflict and …