04844nam 2200685 450 991059789390332120230807213613.01-84966-534-61-4725-4442-01-84966-578-8(CKB)3710000000354311(EBL)1939437(SSID)ssj0001562073(PQKBManifestationID)16204819(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001562073(PQKBWorkID)14833296(PQKB)11113982(MiAaPQ)EBC1939437(WaSeSS)IndRDA00058089(MiAaPQ)EBC6158868(EXLCZ)99371000000035431120150220h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFinancing for overcoming economic insecurity /edited by Nazrul Islam and Rob VosLondon, England ;New York :Bloomsbury Academic,2015.©20151 online resource (265 p.)United Nations Series on Development"Published in association with the United Nations New York, April 2015."1-336-21215-2 1-84966-533-8 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Cover; HalfTitle; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; About the Editors; About the Contributors; 1 Introduction; Offshoring of jobs and rising economic insecurity in developed countries; Volatile capital flows as a cause of economic insecurity in developing countries; Insurance as a way to overcome economic insecurity of the poor in developing countries; Potential and limitations of microinsurance programs; Microsavings as a way of overcoming economic insecurity; Making use of complementarities among various microfinance programsWays to overcome economic insecurity caused by natural hazards2 Globalization, Offshoring, and Economic Insecurity in Industrialized Countries; Introduction; Economic insecurity in industrialized countries; Globalization and economic insecurity; Conclusion and prospects for the future; 3 Managing Financial Instability in Developing Countries: Why Prudence is Not Enough; Introduction; Financial instability and the real economy; Countercyclical monetary policy; Prudential regulations, capital controls, and risk management; Reserve accumulation as self-insurance: Burden or blessing?Multilateral lending and countercyclical policyConclusions; 4 Insurance, Credit, and Safety Nets for the Poor in a World of Risk; Introduction; A simple framework; Problems with insurance; Credit, insurance, and crowding out; The links between informal insurance, formal insurance, and safety nets; Credit, safety nets, or insurance?; Conclusion; 5 Assessing the Success of Microinsurance Programs in Meeting the Insurance Needs of the Poor; Introduction; Basic principles: Organization, pricing, and incentives; What does microfinance achieve? Some preliminary findingsConclusions for policy and institutional design6 Assessing the Insurance Role of Microsavings; Introduction; Microsavings and vulnerability-definitions and relationships; Priorities for policy and action; Conclusions; 7 Can Microfinance Reduce Economic Insecurity and Poverty? By How Much and How?; Introduction; The vicious circle of insecurity and poverty; Poverty and insecurity in development thinking and policies; Some general features of microfinance; Microcredit programs and economic insecurity; Microsavings programs and economic insecurity; Microinsurance programs and economic insecurityComplementarities among various microfinance programsRole of microfinance as a whole; Concluding remarks; 8 Insurance against Losses from Natural Disasters in Developing Countries; Introduction; Disaster risk management; Insurance for households and businesses; Insurance for farmers and herders; Insurance for governments; Concluding remarks; IndexDespite the rise in recent decades in the average income level, economic insecurity has also increased. Written by leading experts this state-of-the-art collection illuminates the causes of economic insecurity.United Nations series on development.Economic developmentEconomic securityFinancial crisesEconomic development.Economic security.Financial crises.330Vos RobIslam NazrulUnited Nations.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910597893903321Financing for overcoming economic insecurity2938759UNINA