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Ruth Vargas Hill

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Ruth Vargas Hill is a Research Fellow in the Markets, Trade and Institutions Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington D.C.

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Drought and informal insurance groups: A randomised intervention of index-based rainfall insurance in rural Ethiopia

Stefan Dercon, Ingo Outes-Leon, Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, Tassew Woldehanna, Daniel Clarke, Ruth Vargas Hill 31 Mar 2012
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Offering rainfall insurance to informal insurance groups: evidence from a field experiment in Ethiopia (Policy Brief)

Stefan Dercon, Ruth Vargas Hill, Ingo Outes-Leon, Daniel Clarke, Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, Guush Berhanu
Policy brief
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Offering rainfall insurance to informal insurance groups: evidence from a field experiment in Ethiopia (Working Paper)

Stefan Dercon, Ruth Vargas Hill, Ingo Outes-Leon, Daniel Clarke, Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse
Working paper

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