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DOI	10.1108/00021461011088477
	Explaining index-based livestock insurance to pastoralists
	McPeak, John; Chantarat, Sommarat; Mude, Andrew
通讯作者	McPeak, J
来源期刊	AGRICULTURAL FINANCE REVIEW
ISSN	0002-1466
EISSN	2041-6326
出版年	2010
卷号	70 期号:3 页码:333-+
英文摘要	Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to present the methods and findings of an experimental game designed to extend the concept of index-based livestock insurance in northern Kenya, and analyze patterns of game play. The paper is designed to inform others who may be attempting something similar to this work in other developing country agricultural settings. Design/methodology/approach - The paper presents the following: descriptive context of the issue, explanation of the game design to match the conditions in the area, details of how the authors explained the game, and regression analysis of play by participants. Findings - Games designed to reflect key elements of the local production system can be an effective way of explaining financial products to rural producers in developing countries. Research limitations/implications - It remains to be seen if the extension effort leads to more informed consumers of insurance products, which the authors hope to address in future work. Also, the approach described in this paper is very labor intensive, which could limit use in a wide ranging extension program. Social implications - The authors were able to explain the idea to groups that were mixed: female and male. It will be interesting to see if there are any gender dimensions to insurance use. In addition, with competing claims to livestock with complex property rights, there is a need to monitor how insurance interacts with social ideas of livestock ownership. Originality/value - This is a completely new idea in the area of arid and semi-arid livestock production, the challenge is pronounced, and as insurance becomes more important in the development economics toolkit, the authors believe others can benefit from seeing what they have done.
英文关键词	Livestock Insurance Assets management Kenya
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000212408500002
WOS类目	Agricultural Economics & Policy
WOS研究方向	Agriculture
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/329406
作者单位	[McPeak, John] Syracuse Univ, Maxwell Sch, Dept Publ Adm, Syracuse, NY 13210 USA; [Chantarat, Sommarat] Cornell Univ, Charles H Dyson Sch Appl Econ & Management, Ithaca, NY USA; [Mude, Andrew] Int Livestock Res Inst, Nairobi, Kenya
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	McPeak, John,Chantarat, Sommarat,Mude, Andrew. Explaining index-based livestock insurance to pastoralists[J],2010,70(3):333-+.
APA	McPeak, John,Chantarat, Sommarat,&Mude, Andrew.(2010).Explaining index-based livestock insurance to pastoralists.AGRICULTURAL FINANCE REVIEW,70(3),333-+.
MLA	McPeak, John,et al."Explaining index-based livestock insurance to pastoralists".AGRICULTURAL FINANCE REVIEW 70.3(2010):333-+.