Crop insurance provides risk reduction benefits yet may increase planted acres in risky areas. This paper investigates the relationship between environmental quality and crop insurance induced changes in cropping pattern. Results suggest that yield risk and soil erosion are positively correlated...

As one of the instrument to enhance the microfinance institution's self-sustainability, credit scoring models that have been widely used in formal financial institutions can be used in the practice of microfinance. The statistic model will be established and tested to realize that goal.