03532cam a22004214a 4500 839 The World Bank 20260707185115.0 m d cr cn||||||||| 020129s1997 dcu o i001 0 eng 0821338498 14.99 USD 9780821338490 10.1596/0-8213-3849-8 (The World Bank)839 166631 137883 Moser, Caroline 204514 Household responses to poverty and vulnerability. Vol. 3, Confronting crisis in Commonwealth, metro Manila, Philippines [electronic resource] : Caroline Moser Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 1997 1 online resource (136 p.) This study explored how poor households respond to changes in economic circumstances and labor market conditions, i.e. how the impact has been felt on the ground." It looked at how poor households adjust to a deteriorating situation, what strategies they adopt to limit the impact of shocks and generate additional resources, and what constraints impede their actions. This case study presents the main findings from the community of Commonwealth in Metro Manila (Philippines); other volumes focus on Chawama, in Lusaka, Zambia; Cisne Dos, in Guayaquil, Ecuador; and Angyalfold, in Budapest, Hungary. The results show that the four communities cope in remarkably similar (and dissimilar) ways. Three features distinguish this study from other poverty studies:a micro-level approach combining households and communities as the main units of analysis, an unusually long period of observation for some communities and households, and a comparative framework offering four cases with very different economic levels and institutional contexts. The study used income measures, recognizing its multifaceted nature, as well as socio-psychological factors, incorporated in the concept of "vulnerability," the insecurity of the well-being of individuals, households, or communities in the face of a changing environment. Analyzing this concept involves identifying not only the threat, but also the "resilience" in exploiting opportunities and in resisting or recovering from the negative effects of the changing environment. As in the other research communities, the labor market was a major source of vulnerability in Commonwealth. Households responded to declining income by mobilizing the labor of additional household members. Access to both labor and human capital was central to households' capacity to endure economic change without irreversibly damaging their asset base. However resourceful and innovative individuals, households, and communities have been, these mechanisms have often been insufficient to offset the erosion of their asset base. Description based on print version record. Access to Finance Banks and Banking Reform Communities & Human Settlements 204515 Environment Environmental Economics and Policies Finance and Financial Sector Development Health, Nutrition and Population 122488 Housing and Human Habitats 204516 Population Policies 204163 McIlwaine, Cathy 204517 Moser, Caroline 204514 Print Version: 9780821338490 World Bank e-Library. http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821338490 EBK 166631 137883