A commonwealth vulnerability index for developing countries : the position of small states

Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. Vulnerability and Developing Countries 2.1 The Definition of Small States and Basis for Sample Selection 2.2 Key Economic Characteristics of Developing Countries 3. Constructing the Commonwealth Vulnerability Index 3.1 Methodological Overview 3.2 Measuring the Incidence and Intensity of Risk and Threat: the Vulnerability Impact Index (VII) 3.3 Resilience and its Combination with Vulnerability Impact 4. The Commonwealth Vulnerability Index 4.1 Interpretation 5. Conclusion End Note on Environment Vulnerability Index Bibliography List of Boxes List of Figures List of Tables