The 'rule of experts' in making a dynamic micro-insurance industry in India

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 845-865

  Da Costa, Dia ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

crop and weather insurance; India; insurance literacy; micro insurance; risk

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INSURANCE SYSTEM; INVESTMENT; MICROECONOMICS; MICROENTERPRISE; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING;

INDIA;

EID: 84889070683     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2013.857659     Document Type: Article

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