Managing Risk with Insurance and Savings : Experimental Evidence for Male and Female Farm Managers in the Sahel

Although there is fast-growing policy interest in offering financial products to help rural households manage risk, the literature is still scant as to which products are the most effective. This paper uses a randomized field experiment in Senegal...

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Main Authors:	Delavallade, Clara, Dizon, Felipe, Vargas Hill, Ruth, Petraud, Jean Paul
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SHOCK AGRICULTURAL SHOCKS AGRICULTURAL YIELDS ARID TROPICS BARRIER BASIS RISK CASH PAYMENTS COMMODITY CROP INSURANCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DROUGHT DROUGHT RISK DROUGHTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EMERGENCIES EXPOSURE EXPOSURE TO RISK FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT FARMER FARMERS FARMLAND FEMALE FARMERS FERTILITY RATES FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FINANCIAL PRODUCT FINANCIAL PRODUCTS FINANCIAL SERVICES FLOODS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD ITEMS FOOD POLICY FOOD SECURITY FOOD SHORTAGES GIFT EXCHANGE HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH RISK HEALTH RISKS HEALTH STATUS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS INCOME INCOME RISK INCOMES INFORMAL INSURANCE INSURANCE INSURANCE COMPANIES INSURANCE CONTRACT INSURANCE CONTRACTS INSURANCE PRODUCT INSURANCE PRODUCTS INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INVESTMENT CHOICES INVESTMENT DECISION INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES LABOR ALLOCATION LIQUIDITY MALNUTRITION MARKET ACCESS MARKET PRICE MEDICINE MICROINSURANCE OUTPUT POOR POVERTY REDUCTION REPEATED SHOCKS RISK INSURANCE RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MITIGATION ROSCAS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNT SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAVINGS BEHAVIOR SAVINGS INSTRUMENT SAVINGS INSTRUMENTS SECURITY CONCERNS SLUMS SMALLHOLDER FARMERS SOCIAL SECURITY TYPES OF INSTRUMENTS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23856332/managing-risk-insurance-savings-experimental-evidence-male-female-farm-managers-sahel http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21393

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23856332/managing-risk-insurance-savings-experimental-evidence-male-female-farm-managers-sahel
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21393

Managing Risk with Insurance and Savings : Experimental Evidence for Male and Female Farm Managers in the Sahel

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