Characterization for index based livestock insurance

Pastoral populations of sub-Saharan Africa are particularly vulnerable to losses in wealth and productive assets via herdmortality shocks. Although conventional insurance mechanisms covering individual losses are not cost effective in low income extensive grazing pastoral communities, index insuranc...

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Main Authors: Mills, C.J., Jensen, Nathaniel D., Barrett, Christopher B., Mude, Andrew G.
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: International Livestock Research Institute 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75978

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