The performance of index based livestock insurance: ex ante assessment in the presence of a poverty trap
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of a new index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) product designed to compensate for area average predicted livestock mortality loss in northern Kenya, where previous work has established the presence of poverty traps. We simulate household-specific wealth dyn...
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| author | Chantarat, S. Mude, Andrew G. Barrett, Christopher B. Turvey, C.G. |
| author_browse | Barrett, Christopher B. Chantarat, S. Mude, Andrew G. Turvey, C.G. |
| author_facet | Chantarat, S. Mude, Andrew G. Barrett, Christopher B. Turvey, C.G. |
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| description | This paper evaluates the effectiveness of a new index-based livestock insurance (IBLI)
product designed to compensate for area average predicted livestock mortality loss in
northern Kenya, where previous work has established the presence of poverty traps. We
simulate household-specific wealth dynamics based on a model parameterized using rich
panel and experimental data from the region. The simulations allow us to investigate
patterns of willingness to pay for asset index insurance that is imperfectly correlated with
individuals' loss experience. The bifurcated livestock dynamics associated with the
poverty trap gives rise to insurance valuation that is highly nonlinear in individual herd
size. Willingness to pay among vulnerable groups who most need insurance are, on
average, lower than commercially viable rates but subsidization of IBLI premiums
appears to offer more cost-effective poverty reduction than direct transfers to the poor. |
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| spelling | CGSpace7812025-11-04T20:14:32Z The performance of index based livestock insurance: ex ante assessment in the presence of a poverty trap Chantarat, S. Mude, Andrew G. Barrett, Christopher B. Turvey, C.G. livestock poverty livestock insurance stock assessment pastoralism This paper evaluates the effectiveness of a new index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) product designed to compensate for area average predicted livestock mortality loss in northern Kenya, where previous work has established the presence of poverty traps. We simulate household-specific wealth dynamics based on a model parameterized using rich panel and experimental data from the region. The simulations allow us to investigate patterns of willingness to pay for asset index insurance that is imperfectly correlated with individuals' loss experience. The bifurcated livestock dynamics associated with the poverty trap gives rise to insurance valuation that is highly nonlinear in individual herd size. Willingness to pay among vulnerable groups who most need insurance are, on average, lower than commercially viable rates but subsidization of IBLI premiums appears to offer more cost-effective poverty reduction than direct transfers to the poor. 2009-11 2010-03-13T08:11:58Z 2010-03-13T08:11:58Z Manual https://hdl.handle.net/10568/781 en Open Access application/pdf Cornell University Chantarat, S.; Mude, A.G.; Barrett, C.B.; Turvey, C.G. 2009. The performance of index based livestock insurance: ex ante assessment in the presence of a poverty trap. Ithaca, NY (USA): Cornell University |
| spellingShingle | livestock poverty livestock insurance stock assessment pastoralism Chantarat, S. Mude, Andrew G. Barrett, Christopher B. Turvey, C.G. The performance of index based livestock insurance: ex ante assessment in the presence of a poverty trap |
| title | The performance of index based livestock insurance: ex ante assessment in the presence of a poverty trap |
| title_full | The performance of index based livestock insurance: ex ante assessment in the presence of a poverty trap |
| title_fullStr | The performance of index based livestock insurance: ex ante assessment in the presence of a poverty trap |
| title_full_unstemmed | The performance of index based livestock insurance: ex ante assessment in the presence of a poverty trap |
| title_short | The performance of index based livestock insurance: ex ante assessment in the presence of a poverty trap |
| title_sort | performance of index based livestock insurance ex ante assessment in the presence of a poverty trap |
| topic | livestock poverty livestock insurance stock assessment pastoralism |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/781 |
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