Rural poverty, vulnerability and food insecurity
- Bolivia is one of the poorest countries in Latin America. This study analyzes whether rural poverty increases the incidence of food insecurity and whether food insecurity perpetuates the condition of poverty among the rural poor in Bolivia. In order to achieve this aim, the risks that households face and the capacity of households to implement coping strategies in order to mitigate vulnerability shocks are identified. We suggest that efforts by households to become food secure may be difficult in rural areas because of poverty and the vulnerability associated with a lack of physical assets, low levels of human capital, poor infrastructure, and poor health; as well as the precarious regional environment aggravating the severity of vulnerability to food insecurity.
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| Author details: | Victor Oviedo Treiber |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-71263 |
| ISBN: | 978-3-86956-302-2 |
| ISSN: | 2197-8069 |
| ISSN: | 2197-8077 |
| Subtitle (English): | the case of Bolivia |
| Publication series (Volume number): | Potsdam Economic Papers (3) |
| Publisher: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
| Place of publishing: | Potsdam |
| Publication type: | Master's Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first publication: | 2014 |
| Publication year: | 2014 |
| Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
| Granting institution: | Universität Potsdam |
| Release date: | 2014/09/10 |
| Tag: | Armutsbekämpfungsprogramme; Nahrungsmittelunsicherheit; Wirtschaft Boliviens; ländliche Armut Bolivian economy; food insecurity; poverty alleviation policies; rural poverty |
| Number of pages: | viii, 68 |
| RVK - Regensburg classification: | QB 910 |
| Organizational units: | Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Wirtschaftswissenschaften |
| DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft |
| Publishing method: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
| License (German): |  CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
