This presentation took place at Rome, Italy on June 13, 2012 analyzing some initial results from the Index Based Livestock Insurance in northern Africa
This paper seeks to understand the structure of demand for rainfall index insurance in India by developing two approaches to estimating households’ valuation of rainfall insurance and evaluating them against an experiment in which fixed prices are randomly assigned.
This presentation took place in Lima, Peru on July 11, 2011 discussing the fiscal support the insurance industry needs to better support smaller farm holders.
This presentation took place in Lima, Peru on July 11, 2011 and explores the benefits of better public and private sector organization in efforts exploring index insurance.
This paper is a methodological exploration of research design for evaluating complex financial market interventions in the presence of low participation and program effect heterogeneity.
This study uses a randomized experiment to investigate 1) the role of crop-price risk in reducing demand for credit among farmers and 2) how risk mitigation changes farmers’ investment decisions.
L’article présent résume le travail réalisé par Michael Carter, Rachid Laajaj et Andres Moya avec l’aide de Catherine Guirkinger et Ombeline De Bock, qui ont envisagé deux types d’indices : l’indice climatique et l’indice basé sur les rendements moyens.
This paper, which is primary methodological, seeks to facilitate future efforts to accumulate knowledge and understanding of how index insurance works and whether or not it is likely to deliver on the promise of positive impacts on household welfare and efficiency of the rural economy.
