Extending Insurance? [E-Book]: Funeral Associations in Ethiopia and Tanzania / Stefan Dercon ... [et al]
This paper studies the development of indigenous insurance institutions set up to help cover the high costs of funerals, using evidence from rural areas in Tanzania and Ethiopia. Many of these institutions tend to co-exist within the same community and are based on well-defined rules and regulations...
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Personal Name(s): | Dercon, Stefan. |
Bold, Tessa. / De Weerdt, Joachim. / Pankhurst, Alula. | |
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Paris :
OECD Publishing,
2004
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46 p. ; 21 x 29.7cm. |
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englisch |
DOI: |
10.1787/103027727461 |
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OECD Development Centre Working Papers ;
240 |
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Development Ethiopia Tanzania, United Republic of |
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