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Insurance Against Poverty

Insurance Against Poverty

Hardcover

Series: Wider Studies in Development Economics

Economics

ISBN10: 0199276838
ISBN13: 9780199276837
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jan 27 2005
Pages: 488
Weight: 1.95
Height: 1.32 Width: 6.48 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
Poor people in developing countries are often affected by droughts, floods, illness, crop failure, job loss, and economic downturns. Informal insurance mechanisms provide some protection, but are weak in the face of major or recurring calamities. Most people cannot obtain formal insurance, and the lack of insurance and social protection therefore constrains investment, growth, and poverty reduction. Public action to remedy this deficiency is merited, but what form should it take? This book evaluates alternatives in widening insurance and social protection provision, including sustainability and poverty effects, in thorough, up-to-date thematic papers and case studies, development assessments, and policy analyses.

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