A new study using advanced economic modeling has found that adding insurance for families who are not yet poor is the most responsive and cost-effective way to reduce total poverty.
Today, researchers are using the newest generations of satellite and Earth observation technologies to improve agricultural index insurance for development—and those improvements are accelerating.
Michael Carter and Christopher Barrett were honored by their peers in July, 2019 for their foundational paper on the economics of poverty traps in developing countries.
In over sixty years of armed conflict in Colombia, more than 220,000 have died and millions have been displaced, creating poverty and hardship that could last for generations. New research is seeking insights on promoting mobility and resilience even in these extreme environments.
On December 4, 2018, the Cornell Chronicle featured the new book, The Economics of Poverty Traps," co-edited by AMA Innovation Lab director Michael Carter.
AMA Innovation Lab research on index-based livestock insurance, originally posted to the UC Davis One Health blog, was highlighted in a new multi-university joint venture. UC San Francisco, UC Berkeley, Stanford and UC Davis are now collaborating on a monthly newsletter covering a wide range of global health research, news, and events.
We are pleased to announce that the AMA Innovation Lab is the proud recipient of the 2016 BIFAD Award for Scientific Excellence in a Feed the Future Innovation Lab.
A Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR) recently highlighted the fact drought is one of the largest livestock killers in Kenya and Ethiopia.
