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Managing risk with insurance and savings: Experimental evidence for male and female farm managers in West Africa:

Delavallade, Clara; Dizon, Felipe; Hill, Ruth Vargas; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

literature is still scant as to which products are the most effective. In order to inform gender targeting of rural finance …

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When expectations become aspirations: Reference-dependent preferences and liquidity constraints:

Kramer, Berber - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

A large body of literature suggests that consumers derive utility from gains and losses relative to a reference point. This paper shows that such reference dependence can affect savings in opposite directions depending on whether people face liquidity constraints. Existing models for wealth and...

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Demand for complementary financial and technological tools for managing drought risk:

Ward, Patrick S.; Spielman, David J.; Ortega, David L.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

Weather-related production risks remain one of the most serious constraints to agricultural production in much of the developing world. Financial and technological innovations that mitigate these risks have the potential to greatly benefit farmers in areas prone to such risks. In this study we...

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Financial constraints and international trade with endogenous mode of competition:

Bouët, Antoine; Vaubourg, Anne-Gaël - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

resort to external funders to finance fixed export costs and investments in production capacities. We assume that sectors … allows firms to finance fixed export costs at a lower interest rate. On the other hand, financial health reduces the cost of … of trade. By increasing the cost of external finance, a financial shock increases the financial cost of exporting and …

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