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A Commonwealth Vulnerability Index for Developing Countries:
The Position of Small States
Christopher D Easter (Author), Jonathan P Atkins (Author), Sonia Mazzi (Author)
Series name:
Economic Paper Series
Series number:
40
Size:
253 mm x 190 mm
ISSN:
Categories:
Economic Development, Economic Paper Series, Small States
ISBN No:
978-0-85092-637-8
Publication Date:
01-2000
Number of Pages:
64
Status:
In stock
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Description
There is growing international recognition that high economic exposure, remoteness, isolation and proneness to natural disasters all have a debilitating effect on small economies, despite the fact that some of them exhibit relatively high per capita incomes. This paper presents a Commonwealth vulnerability index that is designed to quantify vulnerability, and hence provide a means to identify vulnerable states. This index can be used as an operational tool in determining whether small states should be accorded differential treatment by the international community. It is intended as an additional criterion to augment other factors, such as per capita income, which are taken into account in reaching decisions on the treatment of certain developing countries by international organisations.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Vulnerability and Developing Countries
2.1 The Definition of Small States and Basis for Sample Selection
2.2 Key Economic Characteristics of Developing Countries
3. Constructing the Commonwealth Vulnerability Index
3.1 Methodological Overview
3.2 Measuring the Incidence and Intensity of Risk and Threat: the Vulnerability Impact Index (VII)
3.3 Resilience and its Combination with Vulnerability Impact
4. The Commonwealth Vulnerability Index
4.1 Interpretation
5. Conclusion
End Note on Environment Vulnerability Index
Bibliography
List of Boxes
List of Figures
List of Tables
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