Innovations in Insuring the Poor

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No 59689, 2020 Focus Briefs from CGIAR, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Innovations in Insuring the Poor: Overview, by Ruth Vargas Hilland Maximo Torero; Risk, Poverty, and Insurance, by Stefan Dercon; Microinsurance for Health and Agricultural Risks, by Richard Leftley; Sustainability and Scalability of Index-Based Insurance for Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods, by Ulrich Hess and Peter Hazell; Intelligent Design of Index Insurance for Smallholder Farmers and Pastoralists, by Michael R. Carter; Experience with Weather Index-based Insurance in India and Malawi, by Xavier Gine; Providing Weather Index and Indemnity Insurance in Ethiopia, by Eyob Meherette; Index-based Livestock Insurance in Mongolia, by Oliver Mahul, Nathan Belete, and Andrew Goodland; Health Insurance for the Rural Poor: Evidence from Cambodia, by David I. Levine; Innovations in Health Insurance: Community-based Models, by Johannes Jutting; Microfinance and Unexpected Consumption Expenditures, by Richard Hornbeck; Providing Insurance through Microfinance Institutions: The Indian Experience, by Rupalee Ruchismita and Sona Varma; Social Protection and Risk, by John Hoddinott; Index Insurance Applied to Agriculture: The Mexican Case, by Amado Villarreal Gonzalez.

Keywords: Food; Security; and; Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40
Date: 2009-12
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