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Lessons from Index Based Livestock Insurance

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Jensen, Nathaniel D.
Fava, Francesco P.
Mude, Andrew G.
Barrett, Christopher B.
Wandera-Gache, Brenda
Vrieling, Anton
Taye, Masresha
Takahashi, Kazushi
Lung, Felix
Ikegami, Munenobu
Ericksen, Polly
Chelanga, Philemon
Chantarat, Sommarat
Carter, Michael
Bashir, Hassan
Banerjee, Rupsha
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English
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Abstract
This Element outlines the origins and evolution of an international award-winning development intervention, index-based livestock insurance (IBLI), which scaled from a small pilot project in Kenya to a design that underpins drought risk management products and policies across Africa. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/156887
Keywords
economic development and growth
DOI
10.1017/9781009558280
ISBN
9781009558280, 9781009558242, 9781009558259, 9781009558280
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Cambridge University Press
Publication date and place
2024
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Social Sciences
Series
Elements in Development Economics, CEDE
Classification
Development economics and emerging economies
Pages
92
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