literature is still scant as to which products are the most effective. In order to inform gender targeting of rural finance … male and female farmers who are offered index-based agricultural insurance with those who are offered a variety of savings … instruments. We found that female farm managers were less likely to purchase agricultural insurance and more likely to invest in …

manage drought risk: weather index insurance and a recently released drought-tolerant rice variety. We illustrate how these … independent of insurance, largely due to the yield penalty under normal conditions. When bundled with insurance, however, farmersâ …€™ valuation of the rice increases. Farmers value insurance on its own, but even more so when bundled with the drought …

consultation with a qualified nongovernmental organization doctor, randomly offered by a health insurance provider to a subset of …

burdensome and inconsistent with constitutional law. In contrast, anti-hunger advocates have favored a rights-based framework as …

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 …