A substantial literature has analyzed the challenges around weather index insurance, yet an important design issue has been generally overlooked.
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El reciente paradigma tecnológico que se está difundiendo a nivel mundial, caracterizado por tecnologías posibles de ser aplicadas a los recursos naturales, presenta importantes oportunidades para los países de menor desarrollo relativo, donde la
Estimating spatial basis risk in rainfall index insurance: Methodology and application to excess rainfall insurance in Uruguay
This paper develops a novel methodology to estimate the degree of spatial basis risk for an arbitrary rainfall index insurance instrument.
2014 saw important developments with potentially wide repercussions in individual countries and regions
Fourth in an annual series that provides a comprehensive overview of major food policy developments and events.
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The 2014 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report—the ninth in an annual series—presents a multidimensional measure of national, regional, and global hunger.
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Ein Jahr bevor die Frist zur Erreichung der Millenniums-Entwicklungsziele im Jahr 2015 abläuft, bietet der Welthunger-Index (WHI) einen facettenreichen Überblick über die Verbreitung des Hungers und trägt neue Erkenntnisse darüber in die weltweite
Parametric versus nonparametric methods in risk scoring
In recent years, prices of agricultural land have increased quickly, actually doubling and tripling in many parts of the world. This land value reassessment has been prompted by rising crop prices and perceived land scarcity.
La plupart des ménages ruraux n’ont pas accès à des financements fiables et abordables pour les activités agricoles et autres assurant leur subsistance.
"CORPOICA and IFPRI implemented a research project in Ventaquemada, Colombia.