Insurance Against Poverty
'The volume begins with a very informative and well-thought-out review essay on risk and insurance by Dercon himself. This overview would be a useful addition to syllabi for advanced undergraduate or graduate development economics courses and to anyone wanting to get up to speed on the vast literature devoted to the topic. More generally, the essays in this volume will probably be most useful to scholars interested in a particular topic or in evidence and information for a particular country.' - Anna Paulson, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 55: 625–627, April 2007
'To conclude, this book provides a set of useful answers on crucial policy questions and deserves wide reading. It also points to the potential for a rich agenda of research questions for development economists to address.' - Flore Gubert, IRD, DIAL, Paris, Journal of African Economies, 16 (1): 172–175, September 2006
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Series:
- UNU-WIDER Studies in Development Economics
- Title:
- Insurance Against Poverty
- Authors:
- Edited by Stefan Dercon
- Publication date:
- 2005
- ISBN Printed:
- 199276838
- ISBN 13 Print:
- 9780199276837
- Copyright holder:
- © UNU-WIDER
- Copyright year:
- 2005
- Keywords:
- insurance and risk, developing economies, development assessment, policy analyses
- JEL:
- G20, D81
- Project:
- Insurance Against Poverty
- Format:
- hardback book
- This is a rich and scholarly collection of papers that could help design a more effective poverty alleviation strategy - especially in a world characterized by diverse and pervasive risks against which large segments of the population are often defenceless.' - Raghav Gaiha, Development and Change, 37 (5): 1156-8, September 2006