Innovations in insuring the poor: Index-based livestock insurance in Mongolia

The Mongolian rural economy is based on livestock reared by semi-nomadic herders. Agriculture contributes around 20 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, and herding accounts for more than 80 percent of agriculture. According to the 2008 livestock census, Mongolia has about 44 million hea...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Mahul, Olivier, Belete, Nathan, Goodland, Andrew
Format:	Brief
Language:	Inglés
Published:	International Food Policy Research Institute 2009
Subjects:	rural economy livestock pastoralists gross national product pastoral risk mitigation livestock management insurance
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161887