Risk sharing, networks and investment choices in rural India

Risk is central in the study of rural development. To cope with risk, smallholder farmers rely on a range of formal and informal insurance mechanisms: an extensive literature has explored their interactions. Yet, our understanding of the implications of these interactions for smallholder farmers’ de...

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Main Author: Munro, Laura
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.658182