In the economic literature on poverty, various methods have been proposed for measuring a
phenomenon known as 'vulnerability'. However, after more than a quarter century of …

Measurement of the middle class has recently come to the center of policy debate in middle-
income countries as they search for the potential engines of growth and good governance …

The wave of upbeat stories on the developing world's emerging middle class has
reinvigorated a debate on how social class in general and the middle class in particular …

Floods are one of the most devastating natural catastrophes, always associated with
massive disruption to humans, land, and the economy. The current research focusses on the …

Delivered in a sermon on social justice four decades ago, Martin Luther King's words retain
a powerful resonance. At the start of the 21 st Century, we too are confronted with the “fierce …

Cet article propose un état des lieux des évolutions conceptuelles et méthodologiques qu'a
récemment connu l'analyse de la pauvreté, jusqu'à aboutir à la notion de vulnérabilité. Il s' …

Measurement of the middle class has recently come to the center of policy debate in middle-
income countries as they search for the potential engines of growth and good governance …

A method to measure vulnerability to multidimensional poverty is proposed under a mean–
risk behaviour approach. We extend the unidimensional downside mean–semideviation …

Unemployment is a key determinant of poverty in South Africa and labour market
inequalities reflect deep-rooted socio-economic inequalities. In a context of high rates of …

Drawing on three-wave panel data from the Vietnam Housing Living Standard Surveys
(VHLSS) 2010, 2012, and 2014 and employing a fuzzy method, this paper estimates chronic …