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Index Insurance Consumer Education in Zambia

Index Insurance Consumer Education in Zambia

Author:
GlIF, ILO's Impact Insurance Facility, Risk Shield Consultants, and fsdZambia
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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Ethiopia: Reversing the Cycle of Risk

Ethiopia: Reversing the Cycle of Risk

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Topics:
General
Index insurance, water harvesting, diverse cash crops, land management, new technologies, and community-based approaches are expected to enhance Ethiopia’s resilience to climate change, according to UN Development Programme. “The Government of Ethiopia has recognized its vulnerability and has been working hard to pursue climate resilient development growth,” said Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen speaking at a high-level humanitarian meeting in early 2017. Read more here .
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Result Stories: Mali

Result Stories: Mali

Content owner:
Global Index Insurance Facility
Author:
Pavis Devahasadin and Carole Sagbo
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

Result Stories: Burkina Faso

Content owner:
Global Index Insurance Facility
Author:
Pavis Devahasadin and Carole Sagbo
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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Jacinta at her maize farm / Cr: ACRE Africa
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Mar

“The Insurance Works!” A story told by Jacinta Mutuse

ACRE Africa
General
Weather index
ACRE Africa, a GIIF partner in East Africa, is a microinsurance product designer that helps foster equity, fairness, and innovation in the agricultural sector. As farmers in the region experience changing weather conditions, with delayed rain and more frequent incidents of drought, ACRE Africa engages stakeholders along the agricultural value chain and advises insurers on the development and distribution of low-cost insurance to protect smallholders’ investments. The following story is told by one of the beneficiaries of ACRE Africa. Jacinta Mutuse is a 36-year old farmer and the mother of one
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Climate Insurance: Hot Prospect for Ethiopia

Climate Insurance: Hot Prospect for Ethiopia

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Topics:
General
Country:
Ethiopia
Tens of thousands of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia have benefited from the country's first weather index insurance payment to cover the loss for the previous year's crop failure due to El Nino, AllAfrica reports. The weather index insurance payouts of 2.6 million birr were part of the pilot insurance initiative supported by UNDP, the Global Environment Facility, the country's Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
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UC Davis Launches $1.4m Project to Help Kenya’s Rural Poor

UC Davis Launches $1.4m Project to Help Kenya’s Rural Poor

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Topics:
Livestock
Macro-level
Country:
Kenya
A $1.4 million grant from USAID is funding a University of California's project that will use a randomized, controlled trial to evaluate the impacts of combining programs that offer training, support, and aid with affordable insurance in Kenya. According to UC Davis , the new project is led by Michael Carter, a professor of agricultural and resource economics and director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Assets and Market Access at UC Davis, and Dr. Andrew Mude from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Kenya. Last year, Dr. Mude received the World Food Prize
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Livestock Index Insurance Helps Kenyan Herders

Livestock Index Insurance Helps Kenyan Herders

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Topics:
Livestock
Country:
Kenya
Thomson Reuters Foundation reports that thousands of pastoralists across six counties in northern and eastern Kenya will get payouts this month under the Kenyan government's subsidized livestock insurance scheme. The disbursement will total nearly 215 million Kenyan shillings ($2.08 million), according to the article. Recently, the Government declared a national disaster after more than 2.7 million people across half of the country have been affected by a severe drought, the worst in six years. The Kenya Livestock Insurance Program (KLIP), launched last year, was developed by Kenya's Ministry
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A New Risk Sharing Facility to Lower Premiums for Africa's Farmers

A New Risk Sharing Facility to Lower Premiums for Africa's Farmers

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Topics:
Other frameworks
Product design
WASHINGTON, February 14, 2017 - The World Bank Group’s Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF) and African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) have entered into an agreement to carry out a risk-sharing facility, in form of an experience account, to decrease premium levels for insured farmers and encourage local companies to create affordable insurance products. “Agriculture provides up to 60 percent of all jobs on the continent, but African farmers need greater access to insurance mechanisms to develop resilience to external shocks and protect their livelihoods,” said Makhtar Diop, World Bank
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World Bank Experts Share International Experiences with Index Insurance and Catastrophic Risk Financing at 41th General Assembly of FANAF

World Bank Experts Share International Experiences with Index Insurance and Catastrophic Risk Financing at 41th General Assembly of FANAF

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Topics:
General
Country:
Morocco
Ms. Fatou Assah (left) , Program Manager of the WBG's Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF), and Mr. Antoine Bavadi (right) , Financial Sector Specialist from the Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (DRFI) Program, spoke at the 41st General Assembly of FANAF (African Federation of Insurance Companies for African national law) on February 14. 2017 in Marrakech. The World Bank experts were sharing their international experiences with index insurance and catastrophic risk financing as risk management tools to protect communities from natural disasters and environmental hazards. The panel
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