The performance of index based livestock insurance: ex ante assessment in the presence of a poverty trap

This paper evaluates the effectiveness of a new index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) product designed to compensate for area average predicted livestock mortality loss in northern Kenya, where previous work has established the presence of poverty traps. We simulate household-specific wealth dyn...

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Autores principales: Chantarat, S., Mude, Andrew G., Barrett, Christopher B., Turvey, C.G.
Formato: Manual
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Cornell University 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/781

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