Abstract
Summary A growing literature suggests that in low-income countries,
households with few assets can be trapped in chronic poverty. This
article reviews relevant threads of the poverty traps literature
to motivate a description of the opportunities presented by innovative
index-based risk transfer products. These products can be used to
address some insurance and credit market failures that contribute
to the persistence of poverty among households in low-income countries.
Applications are considered at the micro, meso, and macro levels.
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