Three criteria that a multidimensional vulnerability index should meet to be used effectively

Trois critères que doit remplir un indice de vulnérabilité multidimensionnelle pour être utilisé efficacement

Patrick Guillaumont and Laurent Wagner
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Abstract: As commonly agreed, the vulnerability of a country is here considered as the risk it will be hurt by exogenous shocks. The vulnerability of countries has been recognised since the beginning of development economics as one of the main problems they face, due to shocks, either of external or natural origin. For decades, there has been a rich literature on the economic, social and political consequences of unstable export earnings. More recently, there has been a growing concern about other kinds of vulnerability, linked to shocks such as outbreaks of violence and other expressions of political fragility, epidemics, natural disasters and, above all, climate change: the vulnerability that climate change brings to developing countries in varying degrees constitutes a global challenge.

Keywords: Multidimensional vulnerability index; Indice de vulnérabilité multidimensionnelle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-05-03
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Published in FERDI Notes brèves / Policy briefs, 2022, Ferdi Notes Brèves

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