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The Farmer’s Perspective: Climate Risk and Risk Management in Sri Lanka’s Agriculture Sector

STEP BY STEP GUIDANCE: Gender-lens investing in climate and disaster risk financing and insurance (CDRFI) solutions

The Differential Risk Transfer: a new approach for reducing vulnerability to climate-related hazards
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Innovations in Insurance for Weather-Related Losses: Index Insurance

The rural poor, economically dependent on agricultural production, face significant risks to their livelihoods from catastrophic […]

Disaster insurance for the poor? A review of microinsurance for natural disaster risks in developing countries

This study provides an in-depth review of microinsurance by analysing a range of case studies and […]

Weather and agri-risk solutions for emerging markets

This PowerPoint presentation from Swiss Re introduces the issues relating to weather risk management in agriculture […]

Weather and agri-risk solutions for emerging markets

This PowerPoint presentation from Swiss Re introduces the issues relating to weather risk management in agriculture […]

Assessing opportunities for agricultural insurance and risk coping strategies in Vietnam, microfinance opportunities

The Asian Development Bank is assisting the Vietnam government with the development of risk management tools […]

Natural catastrophe risk: Creating a comprehensive national plan

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) in the United States has actively examined approaches to […]

Government Support to Agricultural Insurance

Governments in developing countries have been increasingly involved in the support of commercial agricultural insurance programs […]

The Hague conference on agriculture, food security and climate change: Chair’s summary

This summary reports on a conference aiming to agree on collective answers to the complex challenges […]

Insuring the Never Before Insured: Explaining Index Insurance Through Financial Education Games

Insurance is a potential solution to these problems of pervasive and costly risk. Yet, insurance is most notable […]

Altering Poverty Dynamics with Index Insurance: Northern Kenya’s HSNP+

THE HUNGER SAFETY NET PROGRAM (HSNP), sponsored by the Government of Kenya and the United Kingdom’s Department for […]

Intelligent Design of Index Insurance for Smallholder Farmers and Pastoralists

Despite their compelling logic, index insurance contracts that transfer risk from smallholder farmers and pastoralists have met with […]

Index Based Livestock Insurance for Northern Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands: The Marsabit Pilot

Index-based insurance products represent a promising and exciting innovation for managing the climate related risks that vulnerable […]

Designing Index Based Livestock Insurance for Managing Asset Risk in Northern Kenya

This paper describes a novel index-based livestock insurance product now being piloted for pastoralists in the […]

Using Satellite Imagery as the Basis for Index Insurance Contracts in West Africa

Building on previous discussions, this memo discusses the logic of matching technological innovations with financial innovations that insulate […]

Weather and Climate Risks and Uncertainties in RA-IV

This is a presentation that highlights current climate and weather threats to agriculture and management strategies

Agricultural Investment and Productivity

***This book is not yet published*** This book critically examines the reasons behind East Africa’s stagnant […]

Agricultural Risk and the Crop Insurance Market in China

A recent major expansion in the premium volume of the Chinese crop insurance program coupled with […]

Impact of the New Standard Reinsurance Agreement on MPCI Gain and Loss Probabilities

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) offers protection to crop insurers in […]

The Role of Dams in Flood Risk Reduction: The Howard Hanson Dam and the Green River Valley

In January 2009, a heavy rainstorm brought record-high inflow to the Eagle Gorge Reservoir in Washington […]

Setting the New Standard in Modeling Hurricane Risk

As new scientific findings lead to consensus within the scientific community and engineering principles are thoroughly […]