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Livelihood Shocks

Livelihood Shocks is an exogenous or endogenous disruptive event that abruptly undermines the stability of rural households' income-generating activities, resource access, or subsistence strategies, distinguishing it from chronic vulnerabilities by its sudden and often unpredictable impact on livelihood systems.

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386

Authors

203

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2017–2026

68

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Publications

152

Processes of inclusion and adverse incorporation: oil palm and agrarian change in Sumatra, Indonesia

John F. McCarthy · The Journal of Peasant Studies · 2010 · 513 citations

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Exploring Strategies that Build Livelihood Resilience: a Case from Cambodia

Melissa Marschke, Fikret Berkes · Ecology and Society · 2006 · 424 citations · Full text

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The costs and risks of coping with drought: livelihood impacts and farmers' responses in Burkina Faso

Carla Roncoli, K. T. Ingram, Paul Kirshen · Climate Research · 2001 · 286 citations · Full text

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Exploring the usage and impact of “transformational” mobile financial services: the case of M-PESA in Kenya

Olga Morawczynski · Journal of Eastern African Studies · 2009 · 238 citations

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Can Social Safety Nets Reduce Chronic Poverty?

Stephen Devereux · Development Policy Review · 2002 · 201 citations

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Authors

386

  1. SD
    Stephen Devereux

    Institute of Development Studies, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 355 citations

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  2. BD
    Beauty Dzawanda

    Midlands State University, Zimbabwe

    2 publications · 60 citations

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  3. ST
    Sarah Turner

    McGill University, Canada

    2 publications · 68 citations

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  4. SB
    Sharifa Begum

    Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Bangladesh

    2 publications · 62 citations

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  5. MN
    Melanie Nicolau

    University of South Africa, South Africa

    2 publications · 60 citations

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Institutions

203

  1. Tufts University

    Medford, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    754 citations

  2. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    412 citations

  3. Lancaster University

    Lancaster, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    129 citations

  4. Addis Ababa University

    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    62 citations

  5. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    76 citations

  6. University of KwaZulu-Natal

    Durban, South Africa

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    349 citations

  7. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    163 citations

  8. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    10 publications

    189 citations

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  1. Sustainability

    7 publications · 248 citations

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  2. Global Food Security

    4 publications · 466 citations

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  3. IDS Bulletin

    4 publications · 265 citations

    4

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  5. Disasters

    3 publications · 147 citations

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