Sophie Javers

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Microinsurance Network report

AMA Innovation Lab Joins the Microinsurance Network

Posted by Sophie Javers on October 02, 2018
The AMA Innovation Lab has just joined the Microinsurance Network, a worldwide leader in bringing together microinsurance experts to promote effective risk management tools to meet global development objectives.
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Insurance Protects Herds and Secures Community’s Health

Posted by Sophie Javers on February 23, 2017
In 2011, a massive drought in Sub-Saharan Africa claimed the lives of Huka Bidu’s entire herd of cows. Determined not to begin again from nothing, the pastoralist and father of two in the southern Ethiopian village of Malble Yabello purchased a livestock insurance policy.
Professor Dean Yang

Q&A With Professor Dean Yang

Posted by Sophie Javers on November 30, 2016
To highlight some of the work the AMA Innovation Lab is funding in the fight against HIV/AIDS, we conducted an Q&A with the Dean Yang, Professor in the Department of Economics and the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan.
Ana Maria Ibanez

Q&A With Ana María Ibáñez

Posted by Sophie Javers on October 21, 2016
We recently had the opportunity to sit down with Ana María Ibáñez, Economics Professor at the University of the Andes, and ask a few questions about her important research.