Financing for Overcoming Economic Insecurity / / edited by Nazrul Islam and Rob Vos.
The world is witnessing the paradox of simultaneous increase in income and insecurity. According to available data, global average per capita income has increased in recent decades, while at the same time actual and perceived insecurity has also increased. This paradox is true for both developed and...
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| Superior document: | United Nations series on development |
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| Place / Publishing House: | London : : Bloomsbury Academic,, 2015. |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | United Nations series on development.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 248 pages) :; illustrations. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Nazrul Islam and Rob Vos
- Globalization, Offshoring, and Economic Insecurity in Industrialized Countries / William Milberg and Deborah Winkler
- Managing Financial Instability in Developing Countries: Why Prudence is Not Enough / Yilmaz Akyüz
- Insurance, Credit, and Safety Nets for the Poor in a World of Risk / Daniel Clarke and Stefan Dercon
- Assessing the Success of Microinsurance Programs in Meeting the Insurance Needs of the Poor / Paul Mosley
- Assessing the Insurance Role of Microsavings / David Hulme, Karen Moore, and Armando Barrientos
- Can Microfinance Reduce Economic Insecurity and Poverty? By How Much and How? / Nazrul Islam
- Insurance against Losses from Natural Disasters in Developing Countries / Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer and Reinhard Mechler.