Targeting and Informal Insurance

Insurance Against Poverty

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Ligon, Ethan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurance; Poverty; Risk; Risk sharing; Shocks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960900158     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199276838.003.0010     Document Type: Chapter

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