Addressing Vulnerability in East Asia : A Regional Study

The East Asian and Pacific region has achieved tremendous progress in poverty reduction in recent years. However, further progress in poverty reduction may be undermined by the high levels of vulnerability in many countries across the region. The t...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Poverty Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ACCESS TO ASSETS ACUTE MALNUTRITION ADVERSE IMPACTS AGING AGING POPULATIONS AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SHOCKS ASSET LOSSES AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES AVERAGE WAGES BASIC NEEDS CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CHEAPER FOOD CHILD HEALTH CHRONIC POVERTY CHRONICALLY POOR COASTAL REGION COASTAL REGIONS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY ASSETS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONDITIONAL CASH CONFLICT CONSUMPTION POVERTY COPING BEHAVIORS COPING MECHANISMS COPING STRATEGIES COPING STRATEGY COVARIATE SHOCKS CREDIT MARKETS CRIME CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP INSURANCE CROP VARIETIES CROWDING OUT DIABETES DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY DISABILITY DISASTER RELIEF DIVORCE DROUGHT EARTHQUAKE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMIC STATUS EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE EPIDEMIOLOGY ETHNIC MINORITY ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS EX POST COPING STRATEGIES EXTENDED FAMILY EXTENDED FAMILY NETWORKS EXTERNAL SHOCKS FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL CRISIS FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD INSECURITY FOOD ITEMS FORMAL CREDIT FORMAL SAFETY NETS GENDER DIFFERENCES HEALTH CLINICS HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH OUTCOMES HOMELESS HOSPITALIZATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD VULNERABILITY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS ILLNESS IMPACT OF SHOCKS INCOME INCOME GROWTH INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INCOME SHOCK INCOME SHOCKS INCOME SMOOTHING INEQUALITY INFANT MORTALITY INFORMAL MECHANISMS INFORMAL SAFETY NETS INJURIES INSURANCE MECHANISMS INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE INTERVENTION IRRIGATION JOB LOSS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LAND ASSETS LAND PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS OF VULNERABILITY LIFE EVENTS LIMITED ACCESS LIMITED CAPACITY LIVE BIRTHS LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT LOW WAGES MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS MALNUTRITION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MATERNAL MORTALITY MEANS TESTING MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL TREATMENT MIGRANTS MIGRATION MODERNIZATION MORBIDITY NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL SHOCKS OBESITY OLD AGE PARENTING PATIENTS PERSISTENT POVERTY POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL SUPPORT POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR POPULATION POORER HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY THRESHOLD PRECAUTIONARY SAVINGS PREVENTIVE HEALTH PROGRAM COVERAGE PROGRESS PROSTITUTION PROTECTION POLICIES PROTECTION SYSTEMS PUBLIC CLINICS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC UTILITIES QUALITATIVE DATA RECESSIONS REGIONAL COMPARISON REGIONAL STUDIES REGIONAL STUDY RELIEF ACTIVITIES RICE SUBSIDY RISK COPING RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MITIGATION RISK REDUCTION RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DISTRICTS RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION SAFETY NET SAFETY NET MECHANISMS SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SANITATION SAVINGS SCHOOLING SEX WORKERS SHOCK SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL RISK SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SERVICES STRUCTURAL REFORMS TARGETING TRADE UNIONS TRANSIENT POOR TRANSITORY POVERTY UNEMPLOYMENT URBANIZATION VILLAGE FUND VILLAGE LEADERS VIOLENCE VULNERABILITY REDUCTION VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY VULNERABLE GROUP VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGE RATE WAR WATER SUPPLY WELFARE STATE WORKING DAYS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/16473127/addressing-vulnerability-east-asia-regional-study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11900

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Summary:	The East Asian and Pacific region has achieved tremendous progress in poverty reduction in recent years. However, further progress in poverty reduction may be undermined by the high levels of vulnerability in many countries across the region. The term vulnerability is viewed from an economic context, where it is conceived as the likelihood of suffering from future deteriorations in standard of living which may result in a state of poverty, or inability to meet basic needs. Therefore, vulnerability is stated as an ex-ante measure of well-being, reflecting not so much how well off a household (or an individual) currently is, but what its future prospects are. In thinking about poverty and vulnerability, it is important to realize that there are two groups of households: a) those who are vulnerable to transitory poverty if exposed to adverse shocks; and b) those who are structurally or chronically poor-many of those households have been affected by shocks in the past, and have limited long-term income generating capacity. To better protect household from shocks one must also better understand how households face and manage risks.

Addressing Vulnerability in East Asia : A Regional Study

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