Going Forward: Building Resilience with Microinsurance

Oliver Fiala
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Oliver Fiala: TU Dresden

Chapter Chapter 5 in Natural Disasters and Individual Behaviour in Developing Countries, 2017, pp 147-163 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter will highlight and discuss important results and conclusions from the theoretical and empirical analysis. These include the role of individual behaviour in decision-making processes, substitutes to microinsurance and the possible benefits of insurance for prevention and productivity, as well as the future of microinsurance and a commentary on disaster risk management.

Keywords: Social Capital; Risk Management; Natural Disaster; Disaster Risk; Risk Management Strategy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-53904-1_5

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