A Commonwealth Vulnerability Index for Developing Countries: The Position of Small States, Economic Paper No. 40 (Economic Paper Series) - Softcover

9780850926378: A Commonwealth Vulnerability Index for Developing Countries: The Position of Small States, Economic Paper No. 40 (Economic Paper Series)

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ISBN 10: 0850926378 ISBN 13: 9780850926378

Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat, 2000

There is growing international recognition that high economic exposure, remoteness and proneness to natural disasters 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 can be used 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 organizations.

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