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Zusatztext 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. Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Poor people in developing countries are often affected by droughts, floods, illness, crop failure, job loss, and economic downturns. This book evaluates alternatives in widening insurance and social protection provision, including sustainability and poverty effects, in thematic papers and case studies, development assessments, and policy analyses. Inhaltsverzeichnis Overview Risk and Insurance: evidence 1: Stefan Dercon: Risk, Insurance and Poverty: a review 2: Jonathan Morduch: Consumption Smoothing Across Space: Testing Theories of Risk-Sharing in the ICRISAT Study Region of South India Risk and Poverty: Theory 3: Abhijit Banerjee: The Two Poverties 4: Marcel Fafchamps: Inequality and Risk Risk and Poverty Persistence 5: Jyotsna Jalan and Martin Ravallion: Household Income Dynamics in Rural China 6: Stefan Dercon and John Hoddinott: Health, Shocks and Poverty Persistence 7: Paul Collier: The Macroeconomic Repercussions of Agricultural Shocks and their Implications for Insurance Identifying the Vulnerable 8: Gisele Kamanou and Jonathan Morduch: Measuring Vulnerability to Poverty 9: Ethan Ligon: Targeting and Informal Insurance Risk and Social Institutions 10: Joachim De Weerdt: Risk-Sharing and Endogenous Network Formation 11: Markus Goldstein, Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet: Is a Friend in Need a Friend Indeed? Inclusion and Exclusion in Mutual Insurance Networks in Southern Ghana 12: Jean-Philippe Platteau: The Gradual Erosion of the Social Security Function of Customary Land Tenure Arrangements in Lineage-Based Societies Safety nets and social institutions 13: Pedro Albarran and Orazio P. Attanasio: Do Public Transfers Crowd Out Private Transfers? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Mexico 14: Stefan Dercon and Pramila Krishnan: Food Aid and Informal Insurance 15: Jonathan Conning and Michael Kevane: Why isn't there more Financial Intermediation in Developing Countries? Developing better protection for the poor 16: Christopher B. Barrett, Stein Holden and Daniel C. Clay: Can Food-for-Work Programmes Reduce Vulnerability? 17: Loïc Sadoulet: Learning from Visa®? Incorporating Insurance Provisions in Microfinance Contracts 18: Jerry Skees, Panos Varangis, Donald Larson and Paul Siegel: Can Financial Markets be Tapped to Help Poor People Cope with Weather Risks? Conclusion 19: Stefan Dercon: Risk, Poverty, and Public Action ...
