vulnerability results mainly from natural or external shocks faced by countries, and their exposure to these shocks. General …Macro vulnerability of the small island developing states (SIDS) as well as of least developed countries (LDCs) has … vulnerability index (EVI) in order to assess comparatively the degree of structural economic vulnerability of countries. Structural …

As an answer to a need expressed by the UN General Assembly an Economic Vulnerability Index (EVI) has been defined by … economic vulnerability index can be designed, in particular for low income countries: it recalls the conceptual and empirical …

As an answer to a need expressed by the UN General Assembly an Economic Vulnerability Index (EVI) has been defined by … economic vulnerability index can be designed, in particular for low income countries: it recalls the conceptual and empirical …

/ vulnerability (instability) affects more total factor productivity than capital accumulation, 3/ structural vulnerability to a large …This paper gives a conceptual overview of the openness and vulnerability, sharing which in both cases respectively … measured by the residual of an openness function estimated only from structural factors, and on structural vulnerability …

acknowledged vulnerability, there are relatively few studies which focus on the impacts of natural hazards in these countries. This …