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When and How Should Agricultural Insurance be Subsidized? Issue and Good Practices

Content owner: 
Global Index Insurance Facility | Impact Insurance Facility
Author: 
Peter Hazell, Panos Varangis, and Rachel Sberro-Kessler
Language: 
English
Topics: 
Premium subsidies
GIIF and ILO's Impact Insurance Facility jointly published a paper entitled "When and How Should Agricultural Insurance be Subsidized? Issue and Good Practices". Authored by Independent Researcher Peter Hazell and World Bank Group's Panos Varangis and Rachel Sberro-Kessler, this paper discusses agricultural insurance subsidy in detail and draws upon available literature and case study experiences to propose some good practice guidelines for the design and implementation. The French version " Quand et comment l'assurance agricole devrait-elle être subventionnée? Enjeux et bonnes pratiques " is...
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"Fundamentals of Named Peril Index Insurance Risk Transfer Process" Workshop in Asia

Content owner: 
Global Index Insurance Facility
Author: 
Pavis Devahasadin
Language: 
English
Topics: 
General
Product design
More than 30 participants across Asia gathered in May 2017 in Jakarta to attend a regional workshop focusing on index insurance fundamentals and to discuss best practices in the development of the innovative financial product. The week-long workshop entitled “Fundamentals of Named Peril Index Insurance Risk Transfer Process” was sponsored by the Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF) as part of its capacity building activities aimed at the development and enhancement of index insurance products in developing countries. Managed by the World Bank Group’s Finance & Markets Global Practice,...
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“The Risk Modelling and Strategic Decision Making for Index Insurance” Technical Workshop

Content owner: 
Global Index Insurance Facility
Author: 
Pavis Devahasadin and Tenin Fatimata Dicko
Language: 
English
Topics: 
Data
Product design
More than 50 participants from 13 African nations gathered in Accra, Ghana, from May 1-5, 2017 to attend a regional workshop focusing on the fundamentals of risk modeling for index insurance and to discuss a wide array of agricultural insurance topics. “ The Risk Modelling and Strategic Decision Making for Index Insurance” workshop was organized by the Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF), in collaboration with African Reinsurance Corporation. Managed by the World Bank Group’s Finance & Markets Global Practice, GIIF provides smallholder farmers, pastoralists, microentrepreneurs, and...
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Index Insurance Consumer Education in Zambia

Author: 
GlIF, ILO's Impact Insurance Facility, Risk Shield Consultants, and fsdZambia
Language: 
English
Topics: 
Product distribution
PowerPoint slides from a consumer exercise undertaken in Zambia in December last year are now available. The session, held jointly by GlIF, ILO's Impact Insurance Facility, Risk Shield Consultants, and fsdZambia focused on lead farmers and channel partners who enlist smallholder farmers.
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Risk Modeling for Appraising Named Peril Index Insurance Products: A Guide for Practitioners

Content owner: 
Global Index Insurance Facility
Author: 
Shadreck Mapfumo, Huybert Groenendaal, and Chloe Djenne Dugger
Language: 
English
Topics: 
Product design
Index insurance is commonly perceived to be complicated and difficult to evaluate. This is one reason index insurance products have not yet achieved high penetration in developing countries, despite their clear potential to improve the risk management options for vulnerable populations. This guide attempts to close the knowledge gap to grow this important market and provide protection to more low-income customers. A central goal of this guide is to promote clear communication of the features of products developed to facilitate informed decision making by new and existing buyers of index-based...
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Result Stories: Mali

Content owner: 
Global Index Insurance Facility
Author: 
Pavis Devahasadin and Carole Sagbo
Language: 
English, French
Topics: 
General
Weather index
In a new GIIF Result Stories, Ms. Bintou Diakite, a founding president of ASEDEFE-YDADE (Association pour la Solidarité, l’Entraide, le Développement Economique de la Femme et de l’Enfant), recounts how index insurance has set female farmers free from the consequences of mishaps due to climate disaster. The Result Stories is part of a new bilingual series produced in 2017 to capture farmers' experiences with index insurance in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Senegal.
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Result Stories: Burkina Faso

Content owner: 
Global Index Insurance Facility
Author: 
Pavis Devahasadin and Carole Sagbo
Language: 
English, French
Topics: 
Weather index
Karim Traore, President of Burkina Faso's National Union of Cotton Producers, speaks about the cotton farmer's experience with agricultural index-based insurance in a new GIIF Result Stories. “It would be difficult for me to provide exact data, however, I can tell you that index insurance strongly encourages farmers in their work, and we are finding that cotton production has increased in all of the areas where farmers have subscribed to it," says Mr. Traore. The Result Stories is part of a new bilingual series produced in 2017 to capture farmers' experiences with index insurance in Burkina...
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GIIF Country Profile: Bangladesh

Content owner: 
Global Index Insurance Facility
Author: 
Utako Saoshiro, Premasis Mukherjee, and Pavis Devahasadin
Language: 
English
A newly designed Global Index Insurance Facility's Country Profile for Bangladesh is available for digital viewing. The document contains an overview of GIIF's project in Burkina Faso and partner, Green Delta Insurance Co. Ltd.
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Product Detail Brochure for Earthquake Index Insurance (EQII)

Content owner: 
Global Index Insurance Facility
Language: 
English, Bahasa Indonesia
Topics: 
Earthquake data
A newly designed product detail brochure for Earthquake Index Insurance (EQII) is available for digital viewing. Since 2014, PT Reasuransi MAIPARK and GIIF have been developing EQII, a new insurance product that triggers an automatic payout based on pre-determined earthquake parameters. EQII is designed to protect the lending portfolios of banks and microfinance institutions (MFIs) from liquidity crises in the aftermath of an earthquake. The intended insured party of this product is a bank/MFI. Also available in Bahasa Indonesia .
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GIIF Country Profile: Mozambique

Content owner: 
Global Index Insurance Facility
Author: 
Pavis Devahasadin
Language: 
English
A newly designed Global Index Insurance Facility's Country Profile for Mozambique is available for digital viewing. The document contains an overview of GIIF's project in the country with Partner Holllard Mozambique.
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