Household vulnerability and resilience to economic shocks : findings from Melanesia / edited by Simon Feeny.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Feeny, Simon.

Series:

Ashgate economic geography series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Financial crises.

Households.

Economic conditions.

Melanesia--Economic conditions.

Melanesia.

Households--Melanesia.

Financial crises--Melanesia.

Physical Description:

xvi, 148 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate, [2014]

Contents:

Household vulnerability and resilience to shocks in Melanesia : an overview / Simon Feeny and May Miller-Dawkins

Coconut trees in a cyclone : vulnerability and resilience in a Melanesian context / Lachlan McDonald

Responding to shocks : women's experiences of economic shocks in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu / Jaclyn Donahue, Kate Eccles and May Miller-Dawkins

Mobility and economic resilience in Melanesia / Alberto Posso and Matthew Clarke

Vulnerability to what? multidimensional poverty in Melanesia / Matthew Clarke, Simon Feeny and Lachlan McDonald

Vulnerability, resilience and dynamism of the custom economy in Melanesia / Lachlan McDonald, Vijay Naidu and Manoranjan Mohanty

Vulnerability and resilience in Melanesia : a case for formal social protection? / Simon Feeny.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472419194

1472419197

OCLC:

858080428