This paper addresses the reasons for this current discrepancy between promise and reality. We conclude on perspectives for improvements in product design, complementary interventions to boost uptake, and strategies for sustainable scaling up of uptake.

This paper steps back and considers theoretically where index insurance might be most effective, and whether it should be offered as a stand alone contract, or explicitly interlinked with credit contracts.

This presentation took place in Paris, France on June 25, 2014 describing the possibilities of using index insurance versus traditional responses to major drought shocks.

This presentation took place in Paris, France on June 25, 2014 and was presented by Alexandros Sarris describing a theoretical model for the willingness to pay for weather based index insurance.

This presentation took place in Paris, France on June 25, 2014 describing the current and potential public-private partnership with index insurance.

The main goal of this research is to compare those two alternatives – conventional versus index insurance – in the specific context of Ecuador.

This paper describes how a game was designed, how it was used in the field, and presents findings on how individuals played the game to introduce index based livestock insurance (IBLI).

This presentation took place in University of California Davis, United States describing joint liability creating tensions between cotton cooperatives and villages in Mali.

This presentation took place in University of California Davis, United States describing coupling Insurance and credit in Ghana.

This presentation took place in University of California Davis, United States describing contract farming in Kenya.