Unpacking barriers to socially inclusive weather index insurance: towards a framework for inclusion

Floods account for a majority of disasters, especially in South Asia, where they affect 27 million people annually, causing economic losses of over US$1 billion. Climate change threatens to exacerbate these risks. Risk transfer mechanisms, such as weather index insurance (WII) may help buffer farmer...

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Main Authors: Aheeyar, Mohamed M. M., de Silva, Sanjiv, Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali, Arulingam, Indika
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: MDPI 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106443

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