Publication: Managing Risk to Increase Efficiency and Reduce Poverty

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2008
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2008
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Alderman, Harold
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Uninsured risks remain extensive in agriculture and rural life--and unabated, they have substantial efficiency and welfare costs. They perpetuate rural poverty and are a continuing source of new poor. Indeed, they remain a major cause of under-investment and mis-investment in agriculture. While there is a wide range of highly innovative new approaches, these are largely untested. More experimentation and systematic evaluation of innovations such as risk-reducing technology, privately-provided market insurance and safety net programs remain a priority in using agriculture for development.
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Alderman, Harold. 2008. Managing Risk to Increase Efficiency and Reduce Poverty. © Washington, DC: World Bank. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/6c894a7d-ff23-5a73-a376-a6171cefddb1 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.
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