Delavallade, Clara; Hill, Ruth Vargas; Dizon, Felipe; … - Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit … - 2015
Although there is fast-growing policy interest in offering financial products to help rural households manage risk, the … exposed to yield risk, women face additional sources of lifecycle risk—particularly health risks associated with fertility and … childcare—that men do not. In essence, the basis risk associated with agricultural insurance products is higher for women …