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Weather Index Insurance for Agriculture

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Publication date
13/10/2006
Number of Pages
30
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Other
Focus Region:
Global
Focus Topic:
Climate / Weather / Environment
Type of Risk:
Market-related
Weather & Climate related
Type of Risk Managment Option:
Risk transfer
Commodity:
Crops
Author
William J. Dick
Organization
The World Bank

This presentation is an overview of the operations of the Commodity Risk Management Group (CRMG) of the World Bank and focuses on its Index-Based Weather Insurance and Market-based Risk Transfer products. Case studies of operations in India, Ethiopia, Malawi and Ukraine are also overviewed, in addition to operations of CRMG including disaster risk financing, access to global reinsurance markets and knowledge transfer and education.