Biffis, Enrico; Chavez, Erik; Louaas, Alexis; Picard, Pierre - 2020
insurance can contribute to improving access to finance, and hence to technology, for smallholder farmers. In a model with moral … hazard, we show that bundling parametric insurance with loans may lower collateral requirements, thus promoting the financial … inclusion of poor households. The case of agricultural input loans and weather-index insurance is studied in detail and related …