Negi, Digvijay S.; Ramaswami, Bharat - In: Q open : a journal of agricultural, climate, … 4 (2024) 1, pp. 1-24
Rainfall is an important source of covariate shock in developing countries. Insurance against a rainfall index has, therefore, held much promise as a formal insurance product to protect the livelihoods of poor farmers. But how good is rainfall as a measure of covariate shocks? The imperfect...