Microinsurance and natural disasters: Challenges and options

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages S89-S98

  Clarke, Daniel J ^a   Grenham, Dermot ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disaster risk financing; Indemnity insurance; Index insurance; Microinsurance; Migration; Natural disasters

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HUMAN; MICROINSURANCE; MIGRATION; NATURAL DISASTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INSURANCE;

EID: 84863864600     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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