The Resource Insurance against poverty, edited by Stefan Dercon, (electronic resource)
Insurance against poverty, edited by Stefan Dercon, (electronic resource)
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The item Insurance against poverty, edited by Stefan Dercon, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bates College.
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- Summary
- "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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 465 p.)
- Note
-
- Series title from jacket
- "A study prepared by the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU/WIDER)."
- Contents
-
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780199276837
- Label
- Insurance against poverty
- Title
- Insurance against poverty
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Stefan Dercon
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Dercon, Stefan
- World Institute for Development Economics Research
- Series statement
- UNU-WIDER studies in development economics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Poverty
- Risk
- Label
- Insurance against poverty, edited by Stefan Dercon, (electronic resource)
- Note
-
- Series title from jacket
- "A study prepared by the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU/WIDER)."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ssj0000087642
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 465 p.)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Available to multiple simultaneous users
- Isbn
- 9780199276837
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2004025234
- Other physical details
- ill
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (WaSeSS)ssj0000087642
- Label
- Insurance against poverty, edited by Stefan Dercon, (electronic resource)
- Note
-
- Series title from jacket
- "A study prepared by the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU/WIDER)."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ssj0000087642
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 465 p.)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Available to multiple simultaneous users
- Isbn
- 9780199276837
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2004025234
- Other physical details
- ill
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (WaSeSS)ssj0000087642
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