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spelling RepoIICA104992023-06-19T18:43:44Z Risk aversion, rural financial markets and the demand for crop insurance Conference on Agricultural Risks, Insurance and Credit in Latin America San José (Costa Rica) 8-10 Feb 1982. Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) Binswanger, Hans P. Crédito||credit||crédito||crédit Subsidios||subsidies||subsídio||subvention Comunidades rurales||rural communities||comunidade rural||communauté rurale Análisis de riesgos||risk analysis||análise do risco||analyse du risque Incentivos||incentives||incentivo||incitation Estabilización de precios||price stabilization||estabilização dos preços||stabilisation des prix Representación Costa Rica 801 páginas 24 ref. The paper starts with the observation that the market for yield insurance of agricultural commodities has failed universally, even in the most developed countries. Section I shows that failure of the markets does not arise from lack of demand for consumption and/or. Section II shows that the main theme of the paper will be the rigorous explotation of the causes of the serious difficulties of both the credit market in rural areas as well as the yield insurance market; besides, it is discussed a number of empirical and preliminary issues which impinge heavily on the benefits of crop insurance and which could arise potentially even in the fairy tale world mentioned in this paper. Third, it is discussed alternative means for stabilizing agricultural incomes such as crop diversification, agronomic practices, and price stabilization. The document concludes in the final section with some conclusions. 2020-06-29T14:59:29Z 2020-06-29T14:59:29Z 1982-01 https://repositorio.iica.int/handle/11324/10499 en application/pdf Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
institution Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura
collection Repositorio IICA
language Inglés
topic Crédito||credit||crédito||crédit
Subsidios||subsidies||subsídio||subvention
Comunidades rurales||rural communities||comunidade rural||communauté rurale
Análisis de riesgos||risk analysis||análise do risco||analyse du risque
Incentivos||incentives||incentivo||incitation
Estabilización de precios||price stabilization||estabilização dos preços||stabilisation des prix
Representación Costa Rica
spellingShingle Crédito||credit||crédito||crédit
Subsidios||subsidies||subsídio||subvention
Comunidades rurales||rural communities||comunidade rural||communauté rurale
Análisis de riesgos||risk analysis||análise do risco||analyse du risque
Incentivos||incentives||incentivo||incitation
Estabilización de precios||price stabilization||estabilização dos preços||stabilisation des prix
Representación Costa Rica
Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
Binswanger, Hans P.
Risk aversion, rural financial markets and the demand for crop insurance
description 801 páginas
author Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
Binswanger, Hans P.
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Binswanger, Hans P.
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title Risk aversion, rural financial markets and the demand for crop insurance
title_short Risk aversion, rural financial markets and the demand for crop insurance
title_full Risk aversion, rural financial markets and the demand for crop insurance
title_fullStr Risk aversion, rural financial markets and the demand for crop insurance
title_full_unstemmed Risk aversion, rural financial markets and the demand for crop insurance
title_sort risk aversion, rural financial markets and the demand for crop insurance
publisher Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
publishDate 2020
url https://repositorio.iica.int/handle/11324/10499
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