TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dercon,Stefan, (ed.)
ED  - World Institute for Development Economics Research.
TI  - Insurance against poverty
T2  - [UNU-WIDER studies in development economics]
SN  - 0199276838 (alk. paper)
AV  - HC59.72.P6 I57 2005
U1  - 339.46091724 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Risk
KW  - Insurance against poverty
N1  - Series title from jacket; "A study prepared by the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU/WIDER)."; Includes bibliographical references and index; Risk, insurance, and poverty : a review / Stefan Dercon -- Consumption smoothing across space : testing theories of risk-sharing in the ICRISAT study region of South India / Jonathan Morduch -- The two poverties / Abhijit V. Banerjee -- Inequality and risk / Marcel Fafchamps -- Household income dynamics in rural China / Jyotsna Jalan and Martin Ravallion -- Health, shocks, and poverty persistence / Stefan Dercon and John Hoddinott -- The macroeconomic repercussions of agricultural shocks and their implications for insurance / Paul Collier -- Measuring vulnerability to poverty / Gisele Kamanou and Jonathan Morduch -- Targeting and informal insurance / Ethan Ligon -- Risk-sharing and endogenous network formation / Joachim De Weerdt -- Is a friend in need a friend indeed? Inclusion and exclusion in mutual insurance networks in Southern Ghana / Markus Goldstein, Alain de Janvry, and Elisabeth Sadoulet -- The gradual erosion of the social security function of customary land tenure arrangements in lineage-based societies / Jean-Philippe Platteau -- Do public transfers crowd out private transfers? Evidence from a randomized experiment in Mexico / Pedro Albarran and Orazio P. Attanasio -- Food aid and informal insurance / Stefan Dercon and Pramila Krishnan -- Why is there not more financial intermediation in developing countries? / Jonathan Conning and Michael Kevane -- Can food-for-work programmes reduce vulnerability? / Christopher B. Barrett, Stein Holden, and Daniel C. Clay -- Learning from Visa®? Incorporating insurance provisions in microfinance contracts / Loïc Sadoulet -- Can financial markets be tapped to help poor people cope with weather risks? / Jerry Skees ... [et al.] -- Risk, poverty, and public action / Stefan Dercon
N2  - "This book evaluates alternatives in widening insurance and social protection provision - including sustainability and poverty effects, in thematic papers and case studies, development assessments, and policy analyses"--Provided by publisher
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip052/2004025234.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0617/2004025234-d.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/2004025234-b.html
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