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  1. Scoping report: current status of index-based insurance in Bangladesh by Ahmed, T.

    Published 2014
    Subjects: “…insurance…”
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    Informe técnico
  2. Weather-based index insurance for climate risk management in agriculture by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

    Published 2015
    “…Despite government subsidies, many farmers remain uninsured and dissatisfied with current insurance products. In the case of weather-based index insurance, spatial variability of weather, lack of historical data to develop appropriate insurance triggers at local level, and poor insurance delivery systems are the major constraints. …”
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    Brochure
  3. Scaling up and Improving Insurance Schemes for Farmers in India and Nigeria by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

    Published 2015
    “…CCAFS analysed the current index insurance scheme in India, and found that the insurance triggers were insufficient. …”
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    Case Study
  4. Insuring the future of farmers under climate change: Panel Discussion by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

    Published 2015
    “…Learn more about index insurance: https://ccafs.cgiar.org/weather-index-based-insurance Speakers: Jon Hellin, CIMMYT Pramod Aggarwal, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Ms. …”
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    Video
  5. How can weather index-based insurance protect farmers? by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

    Published 2014
    “…Michael Carter of UC Davis spoke on the role of index insurance in managing risk and protecting farmers' livelihoods. …”
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    Video
  6. A roadmap for evidence-based insurance development for Nigeria’s farmers by Hansen, James, Hellin, Jonathan, Rose, Goslinga, Araba, Debisi

    Published 2017
    “…By overcoming the problems of moral hazard, adverse selection, and resulting high transaction costs and processing delays that have plagued indemnity-based agricultural insurance, index-based insurance makes it feasible to insure millions of smallholder farmers. …”
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    Artículo preliminar
  7. Index insurance and climate risk management: Addressing social equity by Fisher, Eleanor, Hellin, Jonathan, Greatrex, Helen, Jensen, Nathaniel D.

    Published 2019
    “…Motivation Fair distribution of benefits from index insurance matters. Lack of attention to social equity can reinforce inequalities and undermine the potential index insurance holds as a tool for climate risk management that is also pro‐poor. …”
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    Journal Article

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