Valuing Asset Insurance in the Presence of Poverty Traps: A Dynamic Approach
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Food Security and Poverty; Livestock Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2012-06-25 (Africa)
- NEP-IAS-2012-06-25 (Insurance Economics)
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