Group-based funeral insurance in Ethiopia and Tanzania

World Development

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 685-703

  Dercon, Stefan ^a   De Weerdt, Joachim ^b   Bold, Tessa ^a   Pankhurst, Alula ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Africa; Ethiopia; Insurance; Risk sharing; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

INSURANCE INDUSTRY; MORTALITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 33644942312     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.09.009     Document Type: Article

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