Index insurance is often promoted as a solution to many of the barriers that are thought to
limit the supply of formal insurance coverage to smallholder farmers and livestock owners in …

Microinsurance has recently received much attention as a promising tool to protect poor
individuals from important shocks. Yet, voluntary demand from people has been low …

The gains from insurance arise from the transfer of income across states. Yet, by requiring
that the premium be paid up front, standard insurance products also transfer income across …

Innovations in agricultural index insurance have raised expectations that the private sector
can overcome shortcomings associated with more traditional indemnity-based products like …

Social protection programs have become increasingly widespread in low-and middle-
income countries, with their own distinct characteristics to match the environments in which …

This study assesses both the demand for and effectiveness of an index insurance product
designed to help smallholder farmers in Bangladesh manage crop production risk during the …

We use the Becker-DeGroot-Marschak (BDM) mechanism to estimate willingness to pay
(WTP) for and heterogeneous impacts of clean water technology through a field experiment …

We report the results of a drought insurance experiment in Ethiopia, and examine whether
uptake of index-based insurance is enhanced if we allow farmers to pay after harvest …

Climate change is increasing the risks of weather-related disasters in many regions around
the world. This has an adverse socio-economic impact on households, farmers and small …

This article provides a review of recent research on agricultural insurance (AI) in developing
countries. Agricultural producers face a variety of significant risks; historically, only …