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Complementarities of Training, Technology, and Credit in Smallholder Agriculture: Impact, Sustainability, and Policy for Scaling-up

Programs of training and time-limited subsidization of inputs or capital are often pursued to overcome barriers to farmers’ technology adoption. How successful is this model in […]

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BASIS Brief 2012-05: Insuring Health and Wealth? An Evaluation of Health Insurance in Cambodia

Highlights the methodology and impact of BASIS CRSP research.

  • Date of Publication: March 2012
  • Author(s): David I. Levine; Rachel Polimeni
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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BASIS Assets and Market Access Collaborative Research Support Program AMA CRSP Final Report

Contains an Overview of activities undertaken by the BASIS/Assets and Market Access CRSP from October 2010-March 2012.

  • Date of Publication: March 2012
  • Author(s): BASIS AMA CRSP
  • Type of Document: Annual Report

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Coping with Drought: Assessing the Impacts of Livestock Insurance in Kenya!

Abstract: Uninsured risk challenges the more than 3 million pastoralist households who live in northern Kenya’s arid and semi arid lands. Whenever drought hits this region, […]

  • Date of Publication: March 2012
  • Author(s): Michael R. Carter; Sarah A. Janzen
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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BASIS Brief 2012-02: Who Owns the Land? Perspectives from Uganda

Highlights the methodology and impact of BASIS CRSP research.

  • Date of Publication: February 2012
  • Author(s): Allan Bomuhangi; Cheryl Doss; Ruth Meinzen-Dick
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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BASIS Brief 2011-03: Insuring Health: Adverse Selection and Micro-health Insurance in Cambodia

Highlights the methodology and impact of BASIS CRSP research.

  • Date of Publication: December 2011
  • Author(s): David I. Levine; Rachel Polimeni
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Weather Insured Savings Accounts

Abstract: This paper uses a laboratory experiment in Gujarat, India to assess consumers’ relative valuations of savings versus insurance when planning for risky rainfall in an […]

  • Date of Publication: 9/21/2011
  • Author(s): Daniel Stein; Jeremy Tobacman
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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What Is Rainfall Index Insurance Worth? A Comparison of Valuation Techniques

Abstract: Rainfall index insurance is a theoretically attractive nancial product that has achieved only limited adoption. This paper seeks to understand the structure of demand for […]

  • Date of Publication: 9/7/2011
  • Author(s): Shawn Cole; Daniel Stein; Jeremy Tobacman
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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The IBLI Color Legend: Translating Index-Based Mortality Predictions into Meaningful Signals

Abstract: Pastoralists of the arid and semi-arid lands of Northern Kenya are highly vulnerable to the effects of drought and climate change. With livestock the main […]

  • Date of Publication: July 2011
  • Author(s): Michael Carter; Elizabeth Long; Andrew Mude
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Poverty and Land Redistribution: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

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  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): Malcolm Keswell; Michael Carter
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

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