We discuss the existence of a pooling equilibrium in a two-period model of an insurance market with asymmetric …

In village economies, insurance networks are key to smoothing shocks, while production networks can propagate them. The … when existing links experience negative shocks. Propagation is a function of access to insurance networks: well …-level) gains from expanding safety nets such as health insurance may be substantially higher than private (household-level) gains. …

methods for financing based on experiences of other countries. Then the focus of the paper shifts towards insurance and … reinsurance mechanisms used in other countries for financing these catastrophes. It underlines a concept that resilience can be …