Consumption versus asset smoothing: testing the implications of poverty trap theory in Burkina Faso

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Climate-smart agriculture global research agenda: scientific basis for action (2014, background): “Lybbert TJ, Bell A: Why drought tolerance is not the new Bt. Nat Biotechnol 2010, 28:553–554.”
Well-Being Dynamics and Poverty Traps (2016, methodology): “Poverty trap theory indicates that risk is especially costly for asset smoothers (Carter & Lybbert 2012), suggesting that insurance and credit interventions can be used indirectly to identify behaviors and well-being dynamics consistent with poverty traps (Janzen et al. 2012, Chantarat et al. 2015).”
After the Drought: The Impact of Microinsurance on Consumption Smoothing and Asset Protection (2013, unknown): “…is a smooth transition from asset to consumption smoothing, we follow the lead of earlier empirical (e.g., Hoddinott 2006, Carter et al. 2007, and Carter and Lybbert 2012) and theoretical (Zimmerman and Carter 2003) work and test for a sharp break in coping behavior along the wealth continuum…”