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Explaining index-based livestock insurance to pastoralists
McPeak, John; Chantarat, Sommarat; Mude, Andrew - In: Agricultural Finance Review 70 (2010) November, pp. 333-352
the concept of index-based livestock insurance in northern Kenya, and analyze patterns of game play. The paper is designed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008738762
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Explaining index‐based livestock insurance to pastoralists
McPeak, John; Chantarat, Sommarat; Mude, Andrew - In: Agricultural Finance Review 70 (2010) 3, pp. 333-352
the concept of index‐based livestock insurance in northern Kenya, and analyze patterns of game play. The paper is designed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014667105
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Improving humanitarian response to slow-onset disasters using famine-indexed weather derivatives
Chaniarat, Sommarat; Turvey, Calum G.; Mude, Andrew G.; … - In: Agricultural Finance Review 68 (2008) September, pp. 169-195
financing through a risk-layering strategy. We use the case of arid lands of northern Kenya, where rainfall proves a strong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004979832
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Improving humanitarian response to slow‐onset disasters using famine‐indexed weather derivatives
Chantarat, Sommarat; Turvey, Calum G.; Mude, Andrew G.; … - In: Agricultural Finance Review 68 (2008) 1, pp. 169-195
financing through a risk‐layering strategy. We use the case of arid lands of northern Kenya, where rainfall proves a strong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014667247
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Designing catastrophic bonds for catastrophic risks in agriculture
Sun, Lin; Turvey, Calum G.; Jarrow, Robert A. - In: Agricultural Finance Review 75 (2015) 1, pp. 47-62
applied to multiple trigger drought risks in Kenya. Design/methodology/approach – The valuation model is designed around the … using Monte Carlo methods. Data input was synthesized from historical rainfall data in Kenya’s Moyale region as well as … economies. Originality/value – This paper examines CAT bonds to investigate multi-trigger rainfall risks in Kenya. The paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014667340
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A model of microfinance with adverse selection, loan default, and self-financing
Batabyal, Amitrajeet A.; Beladi, Hamid - In: Agricultural Finance Review 70 (2010) May, pp. 55-65
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze a market for microfinance in a region of a developing nation in which all projects are either of high or low quality. There is adverse selection because only borrowers know whether their project is of high or low quality but the microfinance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642028
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A model of microfinance with adverse selection, loan default, and self‐financing
Batabyal, Amitrajeet A.; Beladi, Hamid - In: Agricultural Finance Review 70 (2010) 1, pp. 55-65
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze a market for microfinance in a region of a developing nation in which all projects are either of high or low quality. There is adverse selection because only borrowers know whether their project is of high or low quality but the microfinance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014667090
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Can flexible microfinance loans improve credit access for farmers?
Weber, Ron; Musshoff, Oliver - In: Agricultural Finance Review 73 (2013) 2, pp. 255-271
Purpose – Using a unique dataset of a commercial microfinance institution (MFI) in Madagascar, the purpose of this paper is to investigate how credit access probabilities and loan volume rationing magnitudes for farmers change if the MFI switches to offer flexible microfinance loans, which can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014667609
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Adoption and impact of index-insurance and credit for smallholder farmers in developing countries
Marr, Ana; Winkel, Anne; van Asseldonk, Marcel; … - In: Agricultural Finance Review 76 (2016) 1, pp. 94-118
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the most recent scientific literature on the determinants explaining the demand for index-insurance, the impact of index-insurance and the existing links between insurance and credit. In this meta-analysis, the authors identify key discoveries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014667675
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Can flexible microfinance loans improve credit access for farmers?
Weber, Ron; Musshoff, Oliver - In: Agricultural Finance Review 73 (2013) April, pp. 255-271
Purpose – Using a unique dataset of a commercial microfinance institution (MFI) in Madagascar, the purpose of this paper is to investigate how credit access probabilities and loan volume rationing magnitudes for farmers change if the MFI switches to offer flexible microfinance loans, which can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010688437