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Poverty, vulnerability and livelihoods in small scale fishing communities in Nigeria
Chiwaula, Levison S. - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003913096
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Assessing vulnerability to poverty in fishery dependent communities in Cameroon
Witt, Rudolf - 2009
Poverty and vulnerability, portfolio theory and diversification, small-scale fisheries, Sub-Saharan Africa, Cameroon …. - Armut und Vulnerabilität, Portfolio Theorie und Diversifizierung, Kleinfischerei, Afrika südlich der Sahara, Kamerun …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003916039
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Imperfect monitoring and informal insurance : the role of social ties
Jain, Prachi - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 180 (2020), pp. 241-256
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012487237
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Risk Sharing Networks in Rural Philippines
Fafchamps, Marcel; Lund, Susan - 2004
Using original data on gifts and loans, this paper investigates how rural Filipino households deal with income and expenditure shocks. Results indicate that gifts and informal loans are partly motivated by consumption smoothing motives but do not serve to efficiently share risk. Certain shocks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014065203
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Risk sharing in rural and urban areas in Thailand
Shawong, Jiraporn - In: Southeast Asian journal of economics 2 (2014) 2, pp. 49-75
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010479464
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In Sickness and in Health : Risk Sharing within Households in Rural Ethiopia
Dercon, Stefan; Krishnan, Pramila - 2001
Much of the literature on consumption smoothing and on risk sharing has focused on the ability of the household as a … unit to protect its consumption. Little is known about the ability of individual members of the household to keep … consumption smooth over time or relative to other members of the household. We use data on adult nutrition in Ethiopia to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014151795
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In Sickness and in Health : Risk Sharing within Households in Rural Ethiopia
Dercon, Stefan; Krishnan, Pramila - 2001
Much of the literature on consumption smoothing and on risk sharing has focused on the ability of the household as a … unit to protect its consumption. Little is known about the ability of individual members of the household to keep … consumption smooth over time or relative to other members of the household. We use data on adult nutrition in Ethiopia to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014141652
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Chapter 24. Risk Sharing Between Households
Fafchamps, Marcel - In: Handbook of social economics : volume 1, (pp. 1255-1279). 2011
This chapter reviews the literature identifying the different roles that family and kinship networks play in sharing risk. After a brief overview of efficient risk sharing, we discuss the channels by which households pool risk and the motives for entering in binding informal arrangements....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025503
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Determinants of household vulnerability in networks with formal insurance and informal risk-sharing
Will, Meike; Groeneveld, Jürgen; Lenel, Friederike; … - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 212 (2023), pp. 1-9
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014446648