Assessing pricing assumptions for weather index insurance in a changing climate

Weather index insurance is being offered to low-income farmers in developing countries as an alternative to traditional multi-peril crop insurance. There is widespread support for index insurance as a means of climate change adaptation but whether or not these products are themselves resilient to cl...

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Main Authors: J.D. Daron, D.A. Stainforth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Climate Risk Management
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096314000023