In all three contexts we found that crises tend to be multifarious and compound in nature, affecting a diverse array of population groups. These groups are impacted differently and try to respond and cope in similarly diverse ways. Across the three contexts considered, it is not the case that a single or very simple set of characteristics unify the affected populations, which makes these groups difficult to identify using the kinds of standard eligibility criteria usual in social assistance programming.
Is it the case that the poorer we get, the more we become alike?
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WHEN COMPLEX IS AS SIMPLE AS IT GETS 