Oxford Scholarship Online: Insurance Against Poverty

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Subject: Economics and Finance Book Title: Insurance Against Poverty

Insurance Against Poverty Dercon, Stefan (Editor), University of Oxford Print publication date: 2004 Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2005 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-927683-7 doi:10.1093/0199276838.001.0001
Abstract: This book presents research on the relationship between risk and poverty in developing countries. It explores risks and shocks affecting the poor, the risk-coping mechanisms they use, the measurement of vulnerability to poverty, and policy implications. The book is divided into seven parts. Part I discusses risk-sharing strategies. Parts II and III examine the links between risk and poverty. Part IV provides frameworks for measuring vulnerability to poverty. Part V and VI deal with the role of social institutions. Part VII presents options for protecting the poor. Part VIII discusses role of public in insuring against poverty. Keywords: risk, poverty, developing countries, risk-sharing, poor, insurance Table of Contents Full Book Contents Overview PART I. RISK AND INSURANCE: EVIDENCE 1. Risk, Insurance, and Poverty: A Review 2. Consumption Smoothing Across Space: Testing Theories of Risk-Sharing in the ICRISAT Study Region of South India PART II. RISK AND POVERTY: THEORY 3. The Two Poverties 4. Inequality and Risk PART III. RISK AND POVERTY: PERSISTENCE 5. Household Income Dynamics in Rural China 6. Health, Shocks, and Poverty Persistence 7. The Macroeconomic Repercussions of Agricultural Shocks and their Implications for Insurance PART IV. IDENTIFYING THE VULNERABLE 8. Measuring Vulnerability to Poverty 9. Targeting and Informal Insurance PART V. RISK AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS 10. Risk-Sharing and Endogenous Network Formation 11. Is a Friend in Need a Friend Indeed? Inclusion and Exclusion in Mutual Insurance Networks in Southern Ghana 12. The Gradual Erosion of the Social Security Function of Customary Land Tenure Arrangements in Lineage-based Societies PART VI. SAFETY NETS AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS 13. Do Public Transfers Crowd Out Private Transfers?: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Mexico 14. Food Aid and Informal Insurance 15. Why is there Not More Financial Intermediation in Developing Countries? VII. DEVELOPING BETTER PROTECTION FOR THE POOR 16. Can Food-for-Work Programmes Reduce Vulnerability? 17. Learning from Visa? Incorporating Insurance Provisions in Microfinance Contracts 18. Can Financial Markets be Tapped to Help Poor People Cope with Weather Risks? VIII. CONCLUSION 19. Risk, Poverty, and Public Action Index

doi:10.1093/0199276838.001.0001