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Do the poor insure?: A synthesis of the literature on risk and consumption in developing countries.

By: Alderman, Hanold; Paxson, C.H.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Washington : World Bank, 1992Subject(s): Income | Income distributionSummary: The main focus in the paper is on risk sharing arrangements. It reviews various strategies for insuring consumption against income fluctuations and examines existing evidence on how effectively these strategies work.
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The main focus in the paper is on risk sharing arrangements. It reviews various strategies for insuring consumption against income fluctuations and examines existing evidence on how effectively these strategies work.

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