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Insurance is an Important Tool to Protect the Most Vulnerable

Interview with Gloria Grandolini, F&M GP Senior Director, World Bank Group Over the last 10 years , our work at the World Bank Group (WBG) has led to over 35 million farmers benefiting from new or improved insurance products. The WBG recognizes the importance of making available financial solutions, particularly insurance instruments to compensate for losses following adverse natural events.
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Pranav Prashad of ILO's Impact Insurance Facility on demand for index insurance.

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Pranav Prashad, Technical Officer at International Labour Organization's Impact Insurance Facility talks about demand for index insurance. This video was shot at the Agriculture Insurance Conference in Berlin 2014.
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Jean-Luc Perron of Grameen Crédit Agricole at AIC 2014

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Jean-Luc Perron, Managing Director of Grameen Credit Agricole Microfinance talks about defining and growing the market for index insurance.
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R4 Rural Resilience Initiative's Sophia Belay at Climate Risk Forum 2014

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Data management
Data providers
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Product design
Weather index
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Sophia Belay, Manager – R4 Rural Resilience Initiative, talks about increasing awareness of index insurance among farmers
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UN World Food Programme's Richard Choularton at Climate Risk Forum 2014

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Richard Choularton, Chief - Climate Resiliance for Food Security at UN WFP, talks about using index insurance solutions to manage climate risk issues
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Swiss Re's Paula Pagniez at Climate Risk Forum 2014

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Weather index
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Paula Pagniez, Senior Microinsurance Specialist at Swiss Re, talks about growing private sector participation in index insurance
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CIMMYT's Jon Hellin at Climate Risk Forum 2014

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Jon Hellin, Value Chain and Poverty Specialist for CIMMYT, talks about climate risk management in agriculture
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IRI's Dan Osgood at Climate Risk Forum 2014

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Product distribution
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Meso-level
Dan Osgood, Lead Scientist – IRI, talks about using index insurance solutions to manage climate risk issues
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AXA Corporate Solutions' Alex Scherer at Climate Risk Forum 2014

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Area yield
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Meso-level
Alex Scherer, CEO of AXA Corporate Solutions – Americas, talks about the growing role of Index Insurance in managing climate risks
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The Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF) is a dedicated World Bank Group's program that facilitates access to finance for smallholder farmers, micro-entrepreneurs, and microfinance institutions through the provisions of catastrophic risk transfer solutions and index-based insurance in developing countries. Funded by the European Union, the governments of Germany, Japan, and the Netherlands, GIIF has facilitated approximately 10.5 million contracts, covering close to 50 million people, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
 

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