Using index-based risk transfer products to facilitate micro lending in Peru and Vietnam

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1255-1261

  Skees, Jerry R ^a   Hartell, Jason ^a   Murphy, Anne G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b GlobalAgRisk Inc

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FINANCE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; INDEX METHOD; LENDING BEHAVIOR; RURAL FINANCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 37149049308     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.01093.x     Document Type: Article

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