Can Financial Markets be Tapped to Help Poor People Cope with Weather Risks?

Poor households in rural areas are particularly vulnerable to risks that reduce incomes and increase expenditures. Most past research has focused on risk-coping strategies for the rural poor, specially on micro-level and household actions. These ar...

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Main Authors:	Skees, Jerry, Varangis, Panos, Larson, Donald, Siegel, Paul
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	ADVERSE SELECTION AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION APPLICATIONS BANKS CAPITAL MARKETS CATASTROPHES CATASTROPHIC INSURANCE COMMODITIES COVERAGE CROP INSURANCE DEBT DISASTER AID DISASTER ASSISTANCE DISASTER RELIEF DISASTERS DROUGHTS EARTHQUAKE INSURANCE EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS EMPLOYMENT ENTREPRENEURS EXPENDITURES FARMERS FARMS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SERVICES FLOODING FLOODS FOREIGN AFFAIRS GAMBLING GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HURRICANES INCOME INCOME RISKS INDEMNITY INSPECTIONS INSURANCE INSURANCE CONTRACTS INSURANCE FUNDS INSURANCE MARKETS INSURANCE PRODUCTS INSURED EVENTS INTEREST RATES INVESTIGATIONS LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS LOW INCOME MORAL HAZARD NATURAL DISASTERS NUTRITION PERVERSE INCENTIVES POLICY RESEARCH POOR FARMERS PREMIUMS PRICE RISK PRIVATE INSURANCE PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC POLICY REINSURANCE REINSURANCE MARKETS REINSURERS RELIEF RISK RISK AVERSION RISK EXPOSURE RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MITIGATION RISK REDUCTION RISK SHARING RURAL COMMUNITIES SALES OF ASSETS SAVINGS SOCIAL CAPITAL SUSTAINABILITY SYSTEMIC RISK TRANSACTION COSTS UNDERWRITING VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS WELFARE GAINS NATURAL DISASTERS WEATHER DISASTERS POOR FAMILIES PRODUCERS ASSOCIATIONS RURAL POVERTY COVARIATE RISKS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/03/1751124/can-financial-markets-tapped-help-poor-people-cope-weather-risks http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14816

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Can Financial Markets be Tapped to Help Poor People Cope with Weather Risks?

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