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Chapter 19 of the book "Insurance Against Poverty" is presented. It focuses on the scope for public action to provide insurance against poverty. It also examines various questions raised, including how strong is the case for public action for more social protection in developing countries, what are its limitations, what lessons have been learned for the form public action could take, and what roles are there for existing institutions, the state, the private sector, and development aid.

Chapter 14 of the book "Insurance Against Poverty" is presented. It focuses on the impact of food aid on household consumption in Ethiopia, and whether there is evidence of targeting the poor or those suffering bad shocks. It attempts to measure the impact of food aid on consumption outcome in the context of informal risk-sharing arrangements. It also considers alternative ways of coping with consumption or nutrition shortfalls.

Chapter 6 of the book "Insurance Against Poverty" is presented. It explores the effect of weather-related and other shocks on people's health with evidence from Ethiopia and Zimbabwe. As measured by height and body mass, health status is affected by these shocks. Poor people use their bodies as stores of energy in ineffective ways implying welfare losses and this puts them at risk of further deterioration. The chapter also addresses the causal relationship between health status and other dimensions of well-being.

Chapter 1 of the book "Insurance Against Poverty" is presented. It discusses the strategies households utilize to manage risk. Focus is on income-based strategies, assets as self-insurance and informal insurance arrangements. Households are also observed to face constraints in the utilization of these strategies.

The article introduces the various chapters from the book "Insurance Against Poverty" which offer new economic research and insights on the relationship between risk and poverty in developing countries.

People, organizations, and countries that the author would like to thank for their assistance in the creation of the book are mentioned.