Enhancing microfinance using index-based risk-transfer products

Agricultural Finance Review

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-250

  Skees, Jerry R ^a,b   Barnett, Barry J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b GlobalAgRisk Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural finance; Agricultural insurance; Agricultural poverty; Disaster risk management mitigation; Index based risk transfer; Microcredit; Microfinance; Microinsurance; Rural credit markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149020222     PISSN: 00021466     EISSN: 20416326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00214660680001189     Document Type: Article

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