Managing Risk to Increase Efficiency and Reduce Poverty
Uninsured risks remain extensive in agriculture and rural life--and unabated, they have substantial efficiency and welfare costs. They perpetuate rural poverty and are a continuing source of new poor. Indeed, they remain a major cause of under-investment and mis-investment in agriculture. While ther...
Main Author: | Alderman, Harold |
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Language: | English |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9165 |
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