Escaping Poverty Traps and Unlocking Prosperity in the Face of Climate Risk
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Escaping Poverty Traps and Unlocking Prosperity in the Face of Climate Risk
Lessons from Index-Based Livestock Insurance
Nathaniel D. Jensen, University of Edinburgh
Francesco P. Fava, Università degli Studi di Milano
Andrew G. Mude, African Development Bank
Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University
Brenda Wandera-Gache, African Management Institute
Anton Vrieling, University of Twente
Masresha Taye, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
Kazushi Takahashi, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Felix Lung, World Bank
Munenobu Ikegami, Hosei University
Polly Ericksen, University of Vermont
Philemon Chelanga, Agency for Inclusive Innovations Development
Sommarat Chantarat, Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research, Bank of Thailand
Michael Carter, University of California, Davis
Hassan Bashir, Agency for Inclusive Innovations Development
Rupsha Banerjee, International Livestock Research Institute
Francesco P. Fava, Università degli Studi di Milano
Andrew G. Mude, African Development Bank
Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University
Brenda Wandera-Gache, African Management Institute
Anton Vrieling, University of Twente
Masresha Taye, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
Kazushi Takahashi, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Felix Lung, World Bank
Munenobu Ikegami, Hosei University
Polly Ericksen, University of Vermont
Philemon Chelanga, Agency for Inclusive Innovations Development
Sommarat Chantarat, Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research, Bank of Thailand
Michael Carter, University of California, Davis
Hassan Bashir, Agency for Inclusive Innovations Development
Rupsha Banerjee, International Livestock Research Institute
June 2024
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9781009558242
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. General insights are provided on i) the economics of poverty, risk management, and drylands development; ii) the evolving use of modern remote sensing and data science tools in development; iii) the science of scaling; and iv) the value and challenges of integrating research with operational implementation to tackle development and humanitarian challenges in some of the world's poorest regions. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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June 2024Hardback
9781009558242
92 pages
229 × 152 × 6 mm
0.271kg
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Table of Contents
- 1. Index-based Livestock Insurance to Address Risk-based Poverty Traps
- 2. East African Pastoralism: Change and Variability
- 3. Index-based Insurance for Pastoralist Regions
- 4. Institutional and Implementation History of IBLI
- 5. Accurate and Effective Contract Design
- 6. Creating and Serving the IBLI Market
- 7. Evidence of IBLI Impact, Quality and Uptake of IBLI
- 8. Enabling Sustainable Scaling
- Epilogue: A New Round of IBLI Scaling Begins.
