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Promoting Innovation in Agricultural Insurance in South Asia

Content owner: 
Global Index Insurance Facility
Author: 
Kaavya Krishna and Pavis Devahasadin
Language: 
English
Topics: 
General
In November 2016, the World Bank Group’s Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF), in collaboration with the International Labor Organization and Munich Re Foundation, organized a conference workshop entitled “Building Sustainable Agriculture Programs” in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Delivered as part of the 12th Annual Micro Insurance Conference, the daylong technical workshop brought together more than 50 participants from the public and private sector, donors, and development partners. Amena Arif, IFC country manager for Sri Lanka and the Maldives, and Rolande Simone Pryce, advisor from the World...
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GIIF Country Profile: Senegal

Content owner: 
Global Index Insurance Facility
Author: 
Pavis Devahasadin and Carole Sagbo
Language: 
English and French
A newly designed Global Index Insurance Facility's Country Profile for Senegal is available for digital viewing . The document contains an overview of GIIF's project in Senegal and partner, PlaNet Guarantee. Also available in French . Read more about this program.
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Index Insurance Feasibility Study Workshop in Cameroon

Content owner: 
The World Bank Group
Author: 
Pavis Devahasadin and Carole Sagbo
Language: 
English, French
At the request of the Government of Cameroon, the World Bank and the IFC have conducted a feasibility study that seeks to improve the knowledge and understanding of the market opportunity for index insurance. The findings were unveiled in Douala on December 15, 2016, at a workshop jointly organized by the World Bank Group and the Association of Insurance Companies of Cameroon (ASAC). The event was another milestone for Cameroon’s agricultural sector, which is increasingly experiencing shocks due to climate change. In 2015, this sector accounted for 20% of the country’s GDP, approximately US$6...
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Agriculture Insurance Training in Johannesburg

Content owner: 
Global Index Insurance Facility
Author: 
Nene Souleymane Diouf and Pavis Devahasadin
Language: 
English
Topics: 
General
Product design
Product distribution
More than 30 participants from seven African nations gathered in Johannesburg for two weeks in October 2016 to focus on the fundamentals of index insurance, and to discuss a wide array of development-related topics ranging from product design to project management. The workshop, entitled “Agriculture Insurance Training,” was organized by the World Bank Group’s Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF). Co-managed by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), GIIF provides smallholder farmers, rural residents, microentrepreneurs and microfinance institutions with access to finance through the...
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GIIF Country Profile: Sri Lanka

Author: 
Pavis Devahasadin
Language: 
English
A newly designed Global Index Insurance Facility's Country Profile for Sri Lanka is available for digital viewing . The document contains an overview of GIIF's project in Sri Lanka and partner, Sanasa Insurance Company Ltd. (SICL).
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GIIF Country Profile: The Philippines

Content owner: 
Global Index Insurance Facility
Author: 
Pavis Devahasadin
Language: 
English
Topics: 
Weather index
A newly designed Global Index Insurance Facility's Country Profile for the Philippines is available for digital viewing . The document contains an overview of GIIF's project in the Philippines and partners, CARD Pioneer Microinsurance (CPMI) and CARD Mutually Reinforcing Institutions (CARD MRI).
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GIIF Country Profile: Indonesia

Author: 
Pavis Devasadin
Language: 
English
Topics: 
Earthquake data
A newly designed Global Index Insurance Facility's Country Profile for Indonesia is available for digital viewing . The document contains an overview of GIIF's project in Indonesia and partner, PT Reasuransi MAIPARK.
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Kenyan Experience with Parametric Insurance

Content owner: 
Kenya's Insurance Regulatory Authority
Author: 
Joseph A. Owuor
Language: 
English
Topics: 
Satellite data
Weather index
Livestock
Micro-level
On October 11, 2016, Joseph A. Owuor of The Insurance Regulatory Authority of Kenya presented a presentation entitled "Kenyan Experience with Parametric Insurance" at a workshop in Guatemala. Aimed at raising awareness on parametric insurance among supervisory authorities in Latin America and the Caribbean , t he First Regional Workshop on Parametric Insurance was put together by Microinsurance Catastrophe Risk Organisation (Micro) and participated by many stakeholders such as Access to Insurance Initiative, the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (Columbia University),...
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Experiences in index-based insurance for farmers: lessons learnt from Senegal and Bangladesh

Content owner: 
Proparco's Private Sector & Development
Author: 
Chloe Dugger and Rachel Sberro
Language: 
English
Topics: 
Weather index
Product distribution
Micro-level
Meso-level
In Proparco's Private Sector & Development magazine, Chloe Dugger, Operations Officer in WBG's Finance and Markets Global Practice, and Rachel Sberro, Research Analyst on agriculture finance, write about WBG's Global Index Insurance Facility's experiences with index-based insurance in Senegal and Bangladesh. Their article focuses on micro- and meso-level approaches to distributing agricultural index insurance, which speeds up claims settlement by dispensing with loss assessments and payouts are determined on an objective basis, eliminating the risk of fraud. Please visit Proparco's...
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Innovative Index Insurance Solutions – Uruguay

Content owner: 
Innovative Index Insurance Solutions – Uruguay
Author: 
Peter Wrede and Kaavya Krishna
Language: 
English
Topics: 
Satellite data
Public/Legal frameworks
Livestock
Macro-level
In 2011 The World Bank Group launched a feasibility study on developing an Index Insurance pilot in Uruguay, funded by the Government of Japan through the Global Index Insurance Facility. The study quantified the total number of reproductive livestock units as 3.8 million countrywide, with 315 million USD total sum insured. The corresponding number of livestock producers was estimated at 38,000. The outputs of this technical and financial assistance has allowed the Government of Uruguay to start pilot testing an innovative Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) index insurance to cover...
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