Write a short note on vulnerability to poverty.

(i) Meaning of vulnerability to poverty: It is a measure which describes the
greater probability of certain communities like backward castes or individuals like a widow or physically handicapped person of becoming, or remaining, poor in the coming years.
(ii) Determination of Vulnerability: It is determined by the options available to
different communities for finding an alternative living in terms of assets, education, health and job opportunities.
(iii) Basis of analysis : It is analysed on the basis of the greater risks these groups face at the time of natural or manmade disasters (earthquakes, tsunami and terrorism etc.). Additional analysis is made of their social and economic ability to handle these risks.