Insurance Against Poverty by Stefan Dercon
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.
"To conclude, this book provides a set of useful answers on crucial policy questions and deserves wide readingIt also points to the potential for a rich agenda of research questions for development economists to address" * Flore Gubert, IRD, DIAL, Paris, Journal of African Economies, 16 (1): 172175, September 2006 *
"The volume begins with a very informative and well-thought-out review essay on risk and insurance by Dercon himself. This overview would be a useful addition to syllabi for advanced undergraduate or graduate development economics courses and to anyone wanting to get up to speed on the vast literature devoted to the topic. More generally, the essays in this volume will probably be most useful to scholars interested in a particular topic or in evidence and information for a particular country." * Anna Paulson, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 55:625627, April 2007 Reserve Bank of Chicago, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 55: 625627, April 2007 *
This is a rich and scholarly collection of papers that could help design a more effective poverty alleviation strategy - especially in a world characterized by diverse and pervasive risks against which large segments of the population are often defenceless. * Gaiha, Development and Change *
"The volume begins with a very informative and well-thought-out review essay on risk and insurance by Dercon himself. This overview would be a useful addition to syllabi for advanced undergraduate or graduate development economics courses and to anyone wanting to get up to speed on the vast literature devoted to the topic. More generally, the essays in this volume will probably be most useful to scholars interested in a particular topic or in evidence and information for a particular country." * Anna Paulson, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 55:625627, April 2007 Reserve Bank of Chicago, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 55: 625627, April 2007 *
This is a rich and scholarly collection of papers that could help design a more effective poverty alleviation strategy - especially in a world characterized by diverse and pervasive risks against which large segments of the population are often defenceless. * Gaiha, Development and Change *
Stefan Dercon is a University Lecturer at the University of Oxford, and has been Professor in Development Economics at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, a Research Officer at the centre of the Study of African Economies, a Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199276837 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199276838 |
| Title | Insurance Against Poverty |
| Author | Stefan Dercon |
| Series | Wider Studies In Development Economics |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2004-11-11 |
| Number of pages | 488 |
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