Is there a commercially viable market for crop insurance in rural Bangladesh?

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 215-229

  Akter, Sonia ^a   Brouwer, Roy ^b   Choudhury, Saria ^c   Aziz, Salina ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Commercial viability; Crop insurance; Double bounded contingent valuation; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; CONTINGENT VALUATION; CROP PRODUCTION; FLOODPLAIN; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 60549098787     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-008-9161-6     Document Type: Article

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