Simon Feeny is Associate Professor at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.

• Chapter 1 Household Vulnerability and Resilience to Economic Shocks in Melanesia: An Overview, Simon Feeny, May Miller-Dawkins; Chapter 2 Coconut Trees in a Cyclone: Vulnerability and Resilience in a Melanesian Context, Lachlan McDonald; Chapter 3 Responding to Shocks: Women’s Experiences of Economic Shocks in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, JaclynDonahue, KateEccles, MayMiller-Dawkins; Chapter 4 Mobility and Economic Resilience in Melanesia, AlbertoPosso, MatthewClarke; Chapter 5 Vulnerability to What? Multidimensional Poverty in Melanesia, MatthewClarke, SimonFeeny, LachlanMcDonald; Chapter 6 Vulnerability, Resilience and Dynamism of the Custom Economy in Melanesia, LachlanMcDonald, NaiduVijay, MohantyManoranjan; Chapter 7 Vulnerability and Resilience in Melanesia: A Role for Formal Social Protection Policies?, SimonFeeny;

’Simon Feeny and his team provide fascinating and important insights into how Melanesia's people cope with the region's high vulnerability to shocks of all kinds. A major contribution of importance to researchers and policymakers not just in Melanesia, but for those elsewhere in the world aiming to strengthen the resilience of households and national economies.’ Tony Addison, Chief Economist and Deputy Director,United Nations University’s World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) ’This multidisciplinary analysis makes an important contribution to the understanding of the way that global macroeconomic shocks are transmitted to households. It shows how Melanesia is a unique development case and also demonstrates the way that women underpin the informal safety net in the region. I am proud of Oxfam Australia’s close involvement with this research and this book.’ Helen Szoke, Chief Executive, Oxfam Australia 'Traditional social security networks and land tenure systems in Melanesia are under threat as people increasingly move to urban centres. This book provides a very welcome rich new body of evidence to inform the policy debate and help shape the new social protection measures required in our region.' Derek Brien, Pacific Institute of Public Policy, Vanuatu

Simon Feeny is Associate Professor at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.

• Chapter 1 Household Vulnerability and Resilience to Economic Shocks in Melanesia: An Overview, Simon Feeny, May Miller-Dawkins; Chapter 2 Coconut Trees in a Cyclone: Vulnerability and Resilience in a Melanesian Context, Lachlan McDonald; Chapter 3 Responding to Shocks: Women’s Experiences of Economic Shocks in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, JaclynDonahue, KateEccles, MayMiller-Dawkins; Chapter 4 Mobility and Economic Resilience in Melanesia, AlbertoPosso, MatthewClarke; Chapter 5 Vulnerability to What? Multidimensional Poverty in Melanesia, MatthewClarke, SimonFeeny, LachlanMcDonald; Chapter 6 Vulnerability, Resilience and Dynamism of the Custom Economy in Melanesia, LachlanMcDonald, NaiduVijay, MohantyManoranjan; Chapter 7 Vulnerability and Resilience in Melanesia: A Role for Formal Social Protection Policies?, SimonFeeny;

’Simon Feeny and his team provide fascinating and important insights into how Melanesia's people cope with the region's high vulnerability to shocks of all kinds. A major contribution of importance to researchers and policymakers not just in Melanesia, but for those elsewhere in the world aiming to strengthen the resilience of households and national economies.’ Tony Addison, Chief Economist and Deputy Director,United Nations University’s World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) ’This multidisciplinary analysis makes an important contribution to the understanding of the way that global macroeconomic shocks are transmitted to households. It shows how Melanesia is a unique development case and also demonstrates the way that women underpin the informal safety net in the region. I am proud of Oxfam Australia’s close involvement with this research and this book.’ Helen Szoke, Chief Executive, Oxfam Australia 'Traditional social security networks and land tenure systems in Melanesia are under threat as people increasingly move to urban centres. This book provides a very welcome rich new body of evidence to inform the policy debate and help shape the new social protection measures required in our region.' Derek Brien, Pacific Institute of Public Policy, Vanuatu

Simon Feeny is Associate Professor at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.

• Chapter 1 Household Vulnerability and Resilience to Economic Shocks in Melanesia: An Overview, Simon Feeny, May Miller-Dawkins; Chapter 2 Coconut Trees in a Cyclone: Vulnerability and Resilience in a Melanesian Context, Lachlan McDonald; Chapter 3 Responding to Shocks: Women’s Experiences of Economic Shocks in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, JaclynDonahue, KateEccles, MayMiller-Dawkins; Chapter 4 Mobility and Economic Resilience in Melanesia, AlbertoPosso, MatthewClarke; Chapter 5 Vulnerability to What? Multidimensional Poverty in Melanesia, MatthewClarke, SimonFeeny, LachlanMcDonald; Chapter 6 Vulnerability, Resilience and Dynamism of the Custom Economy in Melanesia, LachlanMcDonald, NaiduVijay, MohantyManoranjan; Chapter 7 Vulnerability and Resilience in Melanesia: A Role for Formal Social Protection Policies?, SimonFeeny;

’Simon Feeny and his team provide fascinating and important insights into how Melanesia's people cope with the region's high vulnerability to shocks of all kinds. A major contribution of importance to researchers and policymakers not just in Melanesia, but for those elsewhere in the world aiming to strengthen the resilience of households and national economies.’ Tony Addison, Chief Economist and Deputy Director,United Nations University’s World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) ’This multidisciplinary analysis makes an important contribution to the understanding of the way that global macroeconomic shocks are transmitted to households. It shows how Melanesia is a unique development case and also demonstrates the way that women underpin the informal safety net in the region. I am proud of Oxfam Australia’s close involvement with this research and this book.’ Helen Szoke, Chief Executive, Oxfam Australia 'Traditional social security networks and land tenure systems in Melanesia are under threat as people increasingly move to urban centres. This book provides a very welcome rich new body of evidence to inform the policy debate and help shape the new social protection measures required in our region.' Derek Brien, Pacific Institute of Public Policy, Vanuatu