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Barrett, Christopher B.[Toward a theory of resilience for international development applications: With some reflections on practical implications]Toward a theory of resilience for international development applications: With some reflections on practical implications

Barrett, Christopher B.Dorward, A.[Priority actions on agricultural markets? Not easy at a market of ideas!]Priority actions on agricultural markets? Not easy at a market of ideas!

Microinsurance is widely considered an important tool for sustainable poverty reduction, especially in the face of increasing climate risk. Although index based microinsurance, which should be free from the classical incentive problems, has attracted considerable attention, uptake rates have gene...


Takahashi, KazushiIkegami, MunenobuSheahan, M.Barrett, Christopher B.[Quasi-Experimental Evidence on the Drivers of Index-Based Livestock Insurance Demand in Southern Ethiopia]Quasi-Experimental Evidence on the Drivers of Index-Based Livestock Insurance Demand in Southern Ethiopia
Jensen, Nathaniel D.Mude, Andrew G.Barrett, Christopher B.[How basis risk and spatiotemporal adverse selection influence demand for index insurance: Evidence from northern Kenya]How basis risk and spatiotemporal adverse selection influence demand for index insurance: Evidence from northern Kenya

Naschold, F.Barrett, Christopher B.Johnson, Nancy L.[Impacts of ALRMPII on Child Nutritional Status]Impacts of ALRMPII on Child Nutritional Status

Mitigating the negative welfare consequences of crises such as droughts, floods, and disease outbreaks, is a major challenge in many areas of the world, especially in highly vulnerable areas insufficiently equipped to prevent food and livelihood security crisis in the face of adverse shocks. Give...


Mude, Andrew G.Barrett, Christopher B.McPeak, J.G.Kaitho, R.Kristjanson, Patricia M.[Empirical forecasting of slow-onset disasters for improved emergency response: An application to Kenya’s arid north]Empirical forecasting of slow-onset disasters for improved emergency response: An application to Kenya’s arid north

Pastoral populations of sub-Saharan Africa are particularly vulnerable to losses in wealth and productive assets via herdmortality shocks. Although conventional insurance mechanisms covering individual losses are not cost effective in low income extensive grazing pastoral communities, index insur...


Mills, C.J.Jensen, Nathaniel D.Barrett, Christopher B.Mude, Andrew G.[Characterization for index based livestock insurance]Characterization for index based livestock insurance

This study investigates development priorities of individuals living in 11 communities in the arid and semi-arid rangelands of northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia. We first asked individuals to describe development efforts that have been implemented in their community. People were then asked to ...


McPeak, J.G.Doss, C.R.Barrett, Christopher B.Kristjanson, Patricia M.[Do community members share development priorities? Results of a ranking exercise in East African rangelands]Do community members share development priorities? Results of a ranking exercise in East African rangelands

This paper uses detailed, transactions-level data and an innovative, structural-heteroskedasticity-in-mean estimation method to identify the determinants of livestock producer prices for pastoralists in the drylands of northern Kenya. The empirical results confirm the importance of animal charact...


Barrett, Christopher B.Chabari, F.Bailey, D.V.Little, P.D.Coppock, D.L.[Livestock pricing in the northern Kenyan rangelands]Livestock pricing in the northern Kenyan rangelands

Bageant, Elizabeth R.Barrett, Christopher B.[Gender differences in demand for index-based livestock insurance]Gender differences in demand for index-based livestock insurance

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