Despite the rise in recent decades in the average income level, economic insecurity has also increased. True for both developing and developed countries, this increasing economic insecurity is harmful for human welfare for several reasons. Job and income insecurity directly affect the material and psychological well-being of people. Economic volatility and high uncertainty also tend to exert negative influence on productive investment, thereby hurting long-term development. This book sheds light on the causes of economic insecurity and how better functioning financial systems, more effective macroeconomic policies and extended micro-financing schemes could mitigate the degree of economic insecurity in developing countries and overcome many of its negative consequences.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Tables and Figures
Preface
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Chapter 1 Introduction
Rob Vos and Nazrul Islam
Chapter 2 Globalization, Offshoring and Economic Insecurity
in Industrialized Countries
William Milberg and Deborah Winkler
Chapter 3 Managing Financial Instability in Developing Countries: Why Prudence is not Enough
Yilmaz Akyüz
Chapter 4 Insurance, Credit and Safety Nets for the Poor in a World of Risk
Daniel Clarke and Stefan Dercon
Chapter 5 Assessing the Success of Microinsurance Programmes in Meeting the Insurance Needs of the Poor
Paul Mosley
Chapter 6 Assessing the Insurance Role of Microsavings
David Hulme, Karen Moore and Armando Barrientos
Chapter 7 Can Microfinance Reduce Economic Insecurity and Poverty? By How Much and How?
Nazrul Islam
Chapter 8 Insurance against Losses from Natural Disasters in Developing Countries
Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer and Reinhard Mechler
Index
