Insurance against poverty [electronic resource] / edited by Stefan Dercon.

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Series: UNU-WIDER studies in development economicsPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 465 p.) : illISBN:

0199276838

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339.46091724 22

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HC59.72.P6

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Summary: Poor people in developing countries are often affected by droughts, floods, illness, crop failure and job loss. Informal insurance mechanisms provide some protection, but are weak in the face of major calamities. This book evaluates alternatives in widening insurance and social protection provision.

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"A study prepared by the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU/WIDER)."

Poor people in developing countries are often affected by droughts, floods, illness, crop failure and job loss. Informal insurance mechanisms provide some protection, but are weak in the face of major calamities. This book evaluates alternatives in widening insurance and social protection provision.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.