Examine the ‘Vulnerability’ of poverty.

Vulnerability:
(i)Vulnerability to poverty is a measure, which describes the greater probability of certain communities (say, members of a backward caste) or individuals (such as a widow or a physically handicapped person) of becoming or remaining poor in the coming years.
(ii)Vulnerability is determined by the option available to different communities for finding alternative leaving in terms of assets, education, health and job opportunities.
(iii)Further, it is analysed on the basis of the greater risks there groups face at the time of natural disasters, terrorism etc.
(iv)Additional analysis is made of their social and economic ability to handle these risks.
(v)In fact, vulnerability describes the greater probability of being more adversely affected then other people when bad time comes for everybody. Whether a flood or an earthquake or simply a fall in the availability of jobs.