Takaful and mutual insurance : alternative approaches to managing risks (English)

Access to insurance, as part of a broad range of essential financial services, is especially important for poor households in order to smooth consumption, build assets, absorb shocks, and manage risks associated with irregular and unpredictable income. Without access to good formal insurance services, the poor depend on less reliable and often far more expensive informal sector mechanisms. Yet, in many majority Islamic countries, accessing and using...

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Gonulal, Serap O. ;

Brugnoni,Alberto Giuseppe;

Kassim,Zainal Abidin Mohd;

Mahbob,Ismail;

Odierno,Hassan Scott;

Patel,Sabbir;
Document Date
2012/01/01
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
73287
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2012/10/17
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Takaful and mutual insurance : alternative approaches to managing risks
Keywords
risk pool

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Gonulal, Serap O. ; Brugnoni,Alberto Giuseppe; Kassim,Zainal Abidin Mohd; Mahbob,Ismail; Odierno,Hassan Scott; Patel,Sabbir.

Takaful and mutual insurance : alternative approaches to managing risks (English). Directions in development ; finance Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/978831468321853261

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