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BL
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946635
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b701005
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| Title & Author
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Insurance against poverty /\ edited by Stefan Dercon.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2005.
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| Series Statement
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[UNU-WIDER studies in development economics]
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xvi, 465 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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0199276838
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: 9780199276837
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| Notes
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"A study prepared by the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU/WIDER)."
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Series title from jacket.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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 [and others] -- Risk, poverty, and public action / Stefan Dercon.
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| Abstract
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"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.
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Poverty-- Developing countries.
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Risk-- Developing countries.
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Armut.
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Armut.
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Poverty.
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Risk.
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Soziale Sicherheit.
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Soziale Sicherheit.
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Armoede.
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INSURANCE.
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POVERTY.
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Risico's.
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RISK MANAGEMENT.
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Sociale zekerheid.
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Verzekeringswezen.
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Developing countries.
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Entwicklungsländer.
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| Dewey Classification
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339.4/6/091724
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| LC Classification
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HC59.72.P6I57 2005
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| NLM classification
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83.14bcl
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| Added Entry
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Dercon, Stefan.
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World Institute for Development Economics Research.
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