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Mitigating Weather Risk

Abstract

This note explores the relationship between agricultural sector development, weather risk and finance, and examines an insurance innovation that is designed to mitigate some of the risk that rural households and agricultural enterprises experience as a result of extreme weather events.

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Focus topic
Climate / Weather / Environment
Focus region
Global
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