An Economic Vulnerability Index: Its Design and Use for International Development Policy

Patrick Guillaumont ()

No RP2008-99, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: In response to the need expressed by the UN General Assembly, an economic vulnerability index (EVI) has been defined by the Committee for Development Policy. The present paper, which refers to this index, first examines how a structural economic vulnerability index can be designed for the low-income countries in particular.

Keywords: Economic assistance and foreign aid; Human capital; Index numbers (Economics); Poverty measurement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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