Insurance against covariate shocks
Subtitle: the role of index-based insurance in social protection in low-income countries of Africa
By: Harold Alderman and Trina Haque.
Contributors: Haque, Trina.; World Bank.
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780821370360; 9780821370377
Subjects: Insurance -- Africa.; Poverty -- Africa.; Risk (Insurance) -- Africa.; Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960-
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction; value: Index-based insurance in low income contexts : potential and limitations; value: Recent global innovations; value: Forays into insurance in Africa; value: Future directions and conclusions.