Index-based insurance: Lottery ticket or insurance?
Policy Papers & Briefs
Juillet, 2015
Éthiopie
Kenya
Afrique
Afrique orientale
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Climate related shocks are among the leading cause of
production and efficiency losses in smallholder crop and
livestock production in rural Africa. Consequently, the
identification of tools to help manage the risks associated
with climactic extremities is increasingly considered to be
among the key pillars of any agenda to enhance agricultural
growth and welfare in rural Africa. This paper describes the
application of a promising innovation in insurance design –
index-based insurance – that seeks to bring the benefits of