Module 11 - Managing Agricultural Risk, Vulnerability, and Disaster

Selected Readings

Asterisk (*) at the end of a reference indicates that it is available on the Web. See Appendix 1 for a full list of Websites.

Anderson, J. R. 2003. “Risk in Rural Development: Challenges for Managers and Policy Makers.” Agricultural Systems 75(2-3): 161-197.

Barry, P. J. 1984. Risk Management in Agriculture. Ames: Iowa State University Press.

Duncan, R. 1997. “World Food Markets into the 21st Century: Commodity Risk Management Policies.” Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 41(3): 429-443.*

Freeman, P. K., L. A. Martin, R. Mechler, K. Warner, and P. Hausmann. 2002. “Catastrophes and Development: Integrating Natural Catastrophes into Development Planning.” Disaster Risk Management Working Paper Series 4. World Bank, Washington, DC.*

Just, R. E. 2003. “Risk Research in Agricultural Economics: Opportunities and Challenges for the Next Twenty-Five Years.” Agricultural Systems 75(2-3): 123-159.

Skees, J.R. 2003. “Risk Management Challenges in Rural Financial Markets: Blending Risk Management Innovations with Rural Finance.” Paper presented at Paving the Way Forward for Rural Finance: An International Conference on Best Practices, sponsored by USAID and hosted by BASIS CRSP partner, World Council of Credit Unions, June 2-4, Washington, DC.*

Manuamorn, O. P. 2006. “Scaling-Up Micro Insurance: The Case of Weather Insurance for Smallholders in India.” Commodity Risk Management Group, World Bank, Washington, DC.

World Bank. 2005. Managing Agricultural Production Risk: Innovations in Developing Countries. Agriculture and Rural Development. Washington, DC: World Bank.

References Cited

World Bank Disaster Management Facility. http://www.worldbank.org/dmf/.