Paper: Index Insurance: Innovative Financial Technology to Break the Cycle of Risk and Rural Poverty in Ecuador

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

Presentation: Risk Management Tools for Agricultural Growth and Resilience

This presentation was held on March 10, 2014 discussing the constraints between introducing new technology and technology adoption in Nepal and Kenya.

Paper: Explaining Index Based Livestock Insurance to Pastoralists

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).

Presentation: The Impact of Area-Yield Index Insurance on Agricultural Investment and Production in Bougouni, Mali

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

Presentation: Discussion of Miranda Ghana Project: Coupling Insurance and Credit

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

Presentation: Tailoring Contract Farming to Smallholders: Experimental Evidence in Enrollment Impact, Insurance Provision and Communication Technologies

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

Presentation: Climate Change and Adoption of Climate Change Adaptive Technologies

This presentation took place in University of California Davis, United States describing how extreme weather influences the Dominican Republic.

Presentation: Risk and Demand for Incomplete Insurance: Lab Experiments with Guatemalan Cooperatives

This presentation took place in University of California Davis, United States describing experimental games trying to better understand demand for incomplete insurance in Guatemala.

Presentation: The Effects of Rainfall Insurance on the Agricultural Labor Market

This presentation took place in University of California Davis, United States describing the general equilibrium in labor markets effecting the selling of insurance to the landed and the landless in India.

Presentation: Promoting Adoption of Improved Production Technologies among Smallholders in Ghana via Coupled Credit and Index Insurance Contracts

This presentation took place in University of California Davis, United States describing a three-year research project promoting smallholders to purchase index insurance contracts via coupled credit in Ghana.