Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Endorsements -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Guide Overview -- 1.2 The Case Example -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Critical Concepts in Named Peril Index Insurance -- 2.1 Why Is Insurance Useful for...

Stylized facts set agendas and shape debates. In rapidly changing and data scarce environments, they also risk being ill-informed, outdated and misleading. So, following higher food prices since the 2008 world food crisis, robust economic growth and rapid urbanization, and climatic change, is...