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Managing Risk with Insurance and Savings : Experimental Evidence for Male and Female Farm Managers in the Sahel

Delavallade, Clara - 2015

Although there is fast-growing policy interest in offering financial products to help rural households manage risk, the … exposed to yield risk, women face additional sources of lifecycle risk-particularly health risks associated with fertility and … childcare-that men do not. In essence, the basis risk associated with agricultural insurance products is higher for women …

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The nutrition sensitivity of food and agriculture in South Asia

Dizon, Felipe; Josephson, Anna; Raju, Dhushyanth - 2019

Through a review of the literature, this paper examines the links of food and agriculture with nutrition in South Asia, a region characterized by a high level of malnutrition. The review finds that the level and stability of food prices play a critical part in food consumption, with rising...

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Policy Uncertainty, Trade, and Global Value Chains : Some Facts, Many Questions

Constantinescu, Cristina - 2019

This paper attempts to quantify the impact of economic policy uncertainty on overall trade and trade linked to global value chains. Using new data on policy uncertainty for 18 countries and 24 years, it finds a statistically significant negative impact of policy uncertainty on overall trade...

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Trade Developments in 2016 : Policy Uncertainty Weighs on World Trade

Constantinescu, Cristina - 2017

This edition of Global Trade Watch addresses three questions concerning recent trade developments: What is happening? Why? Does it matter? 2016 is the fifth consecutive year of sluggish trade growth and the year with the weakest trade performance since the aftermath of the 2008 global financial...

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Policy uncertainty, trade, and global value chains : some facts, many questions

Constantinescu, Cristina; Mattoo, Aaditya; Ruta, Michele - 2019

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Fintech in Europe and Central Asia : Maximizing Benefits and Managing Risks

Berg, Gunhild - 2020

FinTech has tremendous potential in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region, given its high mobile phone and internet access levels and scope for increased use of digital payments. However, there are major regional differences between high-income and middle-income countries regarding access to...

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