Asia Papers and Presentations

Why do the poor households under-invest in the future? This presentation took place at the University of Minnesota on April 15, 2016.

This presentation took place at George Washington University, United States on November 6, 2014 describing how households and communities without assets get stuck in poverty traps in Nepal.

This presentation took place in Paris, France on June 25, 2014 and was presented by Saurav Dev Bhatta and Suman Sharma from University of Illinois and Tribhuwan University describing poverty dynamics in Nepal.

This presentation took place in Paris, France on June 25, 2014 describing progress between financial services and the poor.

This presentation was held on March 10, 2014 discussing the constraints between introducing new technology and technology adoption in Nepal and Kenya.

Theories of adverse selection suggest that those who purchase insurance will be in worse health than those that decline insurance.

By randomizing the insurance premium for the SKY micro-health insurance program in rural Cambodia, allows casual effects of health insurance on economic, health care utilization, and health outcomes to be estimated.

This presentation took place in University of California Davis, United States describing the general equilibrium in labor markets effecting the selling of insurance to the landed and the landless in India.

This presentation was presented by Vern Long from the USAID Bureau for Food Security describing how achieving sustainable food security is making progress.

This presentation took place at the Feed the Future Innovation Labs for Collaborative Research Regional Partners Meeting in Accra, Ghana on July 8-9, 2013 describing innovative projects addressing the three primary socioeconomic constraints.