Many borrow, more save, and all insure: Implications for food and micro-finance policy

Food Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 143-167

  Zeller, Manfred ^a   Sharma, Manohar ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food policy; Food security; Insurance; Micro finance; Poverty; Savings

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SERVICES; FOOD SECURITY; MICROFINANCE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

EID: 0034072893     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9192(99)00065-2     Document Type: Article

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