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Can Financial Markets be Tapped to Help Poor People Cope with Weather Risks? Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Skees, Jerry
Varangis, Panos
Larson, Donald
Siegel, Paul
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"The Complex Politics of Catastrophe Economics ,"
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"Rural demand for drought insurance ,"
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Jonathan Morduch, 1999.
"The Microfinance Promise ,"
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Kunreuther, Howard & Meszaros, Jacqueline & Hogarth, Robin M. & Spranca, Mark, 1995.
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"Labour on the family farm: A theory under uncertainty ,"
Agricultural Economics ,
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Skees, Jerry & Hazell, P. B. R. & Miranda, Mario, 1999.
"New approaches to crop yield insurance in developing countries: ,"
EPTD discussion papers
55, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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Turvey, Calum & Weersink, Alfons, 2005.
"Pricing Weather Insurance with a Random Strike Price: An Application to the Ontario Ice Wine Harvest ,"
2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI
19255, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
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Hao, Jianqiang & Skees, Jerry, 2003.
"Structuring Institutions To Share Local Weather Risk Globally ,"
2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada
21973, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
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Skees, Jerry R. & Barnett, Barry J. & Murphy, Anne G., 2007.
"Creating insurance markets for natural disaster risk in lower income countries: the potential role for securitization ,"
101st Seminar, July 5-6, 2007, Berlin Germany
9272, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
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Other versions: Carriquiry, Miguel A. & Osgood, Daniel E., 2006.
"Index Insurance, Production Practices, and Probabilistic Climate Forecasts ,"
2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA
21463, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
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Kalavakonda, Vijay & Mahul, Olivier, 2005.
"Crop insurance in Karnataka ,"
Policy Research Working Paper Series
3654, The World Bank.
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Stefan Baumgärtner & Martin F. Quaas, 2007.
"Agro-biodiversity as natural insurance and the development of financial insurance markets ,"
Working Paper Series in Economics
61, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics.
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Varangis, Panos & Siegel, Paul & Giovannucci, Daniele & Lewin, Bryan, 2003.
"Dealing with the coffee crisis in Central America - impacts and strategies ,"
Policy Research Working Paper Series
2993, The World Bank.
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Leiva, Akssell J. & Skees, Jerry R., 2006.
"An Empirical Evaluation of Irrigation Insurance for Agricultural Systems in the Mexican Northwest ,"
Annual Meeting, May 25-28, 2006, Montreal, Quebec
34177, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society.
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Goes, Anne & Skees, Jerry, 2003.
"Financing Natural Disaster Risk Using Charity Contributions And Ex Ante Index Insurance ,"
2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada
22188, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
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Stefan Dercon (QEH), Tessa Bold, Cesar Calvo, .
"Insurance for the Poor? ,"
QEH Working Papers
qehwps125, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford.
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Martin F. Quaas & Stefan Baumgärtner, 2006.
"Natural vs. financial insurance in the management of public-good ecosystems ,"
Working Paper Series in Economics
34, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics.
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Molini, Vasco Michiel & Keyzer, Michiel & van den Boom, Bart & Zant, Wouter, 2007.
"Creating safety nets through semi-parametric index-based insurance: A simulation for Northern Ghana ,"
101st Seminar, July 5-6, 2007, Berlin Germany
9263, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
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