Do Index Insurance Programs Live Up to Their Promises? Aggregating Evidence from Multiple Experiments

Do Index Insurance Programs Live Up to Their Promises? Aggregating Evidence from Multiple Experiments

Despite limited uptake, index insurance is often seen as one of the most remarkable innovations of the past decades to help smallholder farmers manage risks. This paper uses a Bayesian hierarchical model to aggregate evidence from existing experiments and assess the external validity of their result...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Castaing, Pauline, Gazeaud, Jules
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:
SMALL FARM INSURANCE
INDEX INSURANCE IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
INSTITUTIONAL REFORM
INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURE GROWTH
EXTERNAL VALIDITY
AGRICULTURAL DECISIONS
INDEX INSURANCE
BAYESIAN HIERARCHICAL MODELING
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099434009062278901/IDU08ec8b63d0486b0492b0a43908a198397ca4e
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37964

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099434009062278901/IDU08ec8b63d0486b0492b0a43908a198397ca4e
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37964

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