village, full insurance cannot be rejected, sug- gesting that relatives provide something close to a complete … would benefit from eliminating village-level risk, less-risk-averse households who are paid to absorb that risk would be …

In village economies, insurance networks are key to smoothing shocks, while production networks can propagate them. The … suggests that the total magnitude of indirect effects may be larger than the direct effects and that social (village …

This study analyzes the performance of Latin America and the Caribbean's agriculture between 1980 and 2012 looking at … performance of agriculture was the result of fast growth in the use of fertilizer, increases in land productivity, and growth in … contributed significantly to the improved performance of agriculture. Observed growth patterns at the country level suggest that …

country's dual agricultural policy focus towards large commercial agribusiness enterprises, led by the Ministry of Agriculture …