.... The advancement of conditions in private entrepreneurship within the agricultural sector of developing countries is, therefore, an important starting point in the fight against poverty. This requires feasible investment opportunities and access to capital. Madagascar Microfinance Weather risk Loan...

... Limited 2015 Kenya Agricultural risk Catastrophe bonds Weather risk Catastrophic (CAT) events have posed significant covariate risks to small and least-developed countries (LDCs) (Zimmerman and Carter, 2003). With underdeveloped financial markets for transferring risks through...

...Martin Odening; Zhiwei Shen Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review some challenges of insuring weather risk in agriculture and to discuss potential remedies for these problems. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is developed as a narrative on weather insurance based largely...

.... China Weather risk Grain production Weather index‐based insurance Agriculture Risk management Weather is one of the most important and least controllable sources of risk in agriculture. For a typical farm in the North China Plain (NCP), which covers about 0.5 ha of arable land and where...

...Jerry R. Skees This article offers some perspective on the progress and challenges of managing catastrophic weather risk in lower income countries through the use of index insurance. Innovations in insurance for natural disaster risk are critically important to help the rural poor improve...

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