Screen LibraryInsurance against poverty
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford |
| Publication Dates: | 2005. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[UNU-WIDER studies in development economics] |
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| Carrier Form: | xvi, 465 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0199276838 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | F112 |
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F112.1 F113.9 |
| Call Number: | F113.9/I599 |
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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 Kamano "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. |