This paper results reports from a RCT in Mozambique and Tanzania that bundled stress-tolerant maize seeds with index insurance for a seed-replacement guarantee. The analysis shows that farmers who experienced shocks and saw both technologies in action subsequently increased their agricultural investments, allowing farmers to return to return to their pre-shock positions and even to move toward higher expected incomes.

The analysis from Tanzania and Mozambique shows that drought has significant consequences on two nutritional outcomes in particular: food security and dietary diversity.

This MRR Discussion Paper summarizes the current state of evidence on microinsurance, contingent credit, stress-tolerant seeds and other risk-management instruments that create new ways for small-scale agricultural households to manage weather-related risks.

This paper presents results of a RCT evaluating the 2.5-3.5-year impacts of a livelihoods program in Nepal that targets women and employs self-help groups, livestock transfers, and trainings.

This study found that eligibility for an agricultural extension program in Uganda reduced the proportion of household members with malaria by 8.9 percentage points, with children and pregnant women experiencing substantial improvements.

This paper's model of consumption and asset accumulation shows that a hybrid social protection policy, which devotes resources to funding “state of the world contingent transfers” (SWCTs) to vulnerable, but non-poor households in the wake of negative shocks, can result in lower rates of poverty in the medium term than does a conventional cash transfer policy.