How is vulnerability to poverty measured?
Answer:
- Vulnerability to poverty is a measure which describes the greater probability of certain communities or individuals of becoming or remaining poor in the coming years.
- Vulnerability is determined by the options available to different communities for finding an alternative living in terms of assets, education, health and job opportunities.
- Vulnerability describes the greater probability of being more adversely affected than other people when bad times prevails for everybody, whether a flood or an earthquake or simply a shortage in the availability of jobs.