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Private Investment in Infrastructure
– The Mobilisation of Equity Capital
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Women’s Labour Supply and Household Insurance in AfricaThis paper investigates whether cyclical variation in women’s labour supply in Africa contributes to smoothing household consumption. We find little support for this hypothesis. Using comparable individual data on about 0.5 million women in 30 Sub...
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Risk sharing and public transfersWe use public transfers in the form of food aid to test for the presence of risk sharing arrangements at the village level in rural Ethiopia. We reject perfect risk-sharing, but find evidence of partial risk-sharing via transfers. There is also...
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Can Financial Markets be Tapped to Help Poor People Cope with Weather Risks?Part of Book Insurance Against Poverty
Book Chapter
Learning from Visa®?
– Incorporating Insurance Provisions in Microfinance Contracts
Part of Book Insurance Against Poverty
Book Chapter
Why is there Not More Financial Intermediation in Developing Countries?Part of Book Insurance Against Poverty
Book Chapter
Is a Friend in Need a Friend Indeed?
– Inclusion and Exclusion in Mutual Insurance Networks in Southern Ghana
Part of Book Insurance Against Poverty
Book Chapter
The Macroeconomic Repercussions of Agricultural Shocks and their Implications for InsurancePart of Book Insurance Against Poverty
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Consumption Smoothing Across Space
– Testing Theories of Risk-Sharing in the ICRISAT Study Region of South India
Part of Book Insurance Against Poverty
Book Chapter
Women’s Labour Supply and Household Insurance in AfricaThis paper investigates whether cyclical variation in women’s labour supply in Africa contributes to smoothing household consumption. We find little support for this hypothesis. Using comparable individual data on about 0.5 million women in 30 Sub...
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