Innovations in insuring the poor: Providing insurance through microfinance institutions: The Indian experience

Microinsurance is a powerful tool in helping low-income households transition out of poverty, but it has not achieved substantial scale compared with microcredit. In India, microfinance institutions (MFIs) initially showed great potential in offering microinsurance through in-house provision (the mu...

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Main Authors:	Ruchismita, Rupalee, Varma, Sona
Format:	Brief
Language:	Inglés
Published:	International Food Policy Research Institute 2009
Subjects:	insurance poverty households governance financial institutions risk government microfinance social safety nets
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161932