UID:
edocfu_9959165688002883
Format:
1 online resource (265 p.)
ISBN:
1-84966-534-6
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1-4725-4442-0
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1-84966-578-8
Series Statement:
United Nations Series on Development
Content:
Despite the rise in recent decades in the average income level, economic insecurity has also increased. Written by leading experts this state-of-the-art collection illuminates the causes of economic insecurity.
Note:
"Published in association with the United Nations New York, April 2015."
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Cover; HalfTitle; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; About the Editors; About the Contributors; 1 Introduction; Offshoring of jobs and rising economic insecurity in developed countries; Volatile capital flows as a cause of economic insecurity in developing countries; Insurance as a way to overcome economic insecurity of the poor in developing countries; Potential and limitations of microinsurance programs; Microsavings as a way of overcoming economic insecurity; Making use of complementarities among various microfinance programs
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Ways to overcome economic insecurity caused by natural hazards2 Globalization, Offshoring, and Economic Insecurity in Industrialized Countries; Introduction; Economic insecurity in industrialized countries; Globalization and economic insecurity; Conclusion and prospects for the future; 3 Managing Financial Instability in Developing Countries: Why Prudence is Not Enough; Introduction; Financial instability and the real economy; Countercyclical monetary policy; Prudential regulations, capital controls, and risk management; Reserve accumulation as self-insurance: Burden or blessing?
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Multilateral lending and countercyclical policyConclusions; 4 Insurance, Credit, and Safety Nets for the Poor in a World of Risk; Introduction; A simple framework; Problems with insurance; Credit, insurance, and crowding out; The links between informal insurance, formal insurance, and safety nets; Credit, safety nets, or insurance?; Conclusion; 5 Assessing the Success of Microinsurance Programs in Meeting the Insurance Needs of the Poor; Introduction; Basic principles: Organization, pricing, and incentives; What does microfinance achieve? Some preliminary findings
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Conclusions for policy and institutional design6 Assessing the Insurance Role of Microsavings; Introduction; Microsavings and vulnerability-definitions and relationships; Priorities for policy and action; Conclusions; 7 Can Microfinance Reduce Economic Insecurity and Poverty? By How Much and How?; Introduction; The vicious circle of insecurity and poverty; Poverty and insecurity in development thinking and policies; Some general features of microfinance; Microcredit programs and economic insecurity; Microsavings programs and economic insecurity; Microinsurance programs and economic insecurity
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Complementarities among various microfinance programsRole of microfinance as a whole; Concluding remarks; 8 Insurance against Losses from Natural Disasters in Developing Countries; Introduction; Disaster risk management; Insurance for households and businesses; Insurance for farmers and herders; Insurance for governments; Concluding remarks; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-336-21215-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84966-533-8
Language:
English
