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Crop insurance in India: scope for improvement
Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2006India’s National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) is vital for providing insurance cover to farmers, across regions, across seasons and across crops.DocumentDisaster insurance for the poor? A review of microinsurance for natural disaster risks in developing countries
ProVention Consortium, 2006This study provides an in-depth review of microinsurance by analysing a range of case studies and examining the benefits and limitations of microinsurance.DocumentInsuring public finances against natural disasters: a survey of options and recent initiatives
International Monetary Fund, 2006Natural disasters in developing and small countries can disrupt the macroeconomic environment and put severe strain on public finances. International relief funds provided after a disaster are not always reliable and are often slow to arrive.DocumentThe effects of health on health insurance status in fragile families
National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2006This paper uses the Fragile Families and Child Welfare study to estimate health insurance status of urban, mostly unmarried, mothers and their one-year-old children.DocumentHealth micro-insurance schemes: feasibility study guide
International Labour Organization, 2006This Guide will assist promoters of health micro-insurance schemes in conducting a feasibility study.DocumentMaking insurance work for the poor
Global Development Research Center, 2006This briefing paper is an output from a conference held in 2005 on microfinance and microinsurance, attended by several international stakeholders, including DFID, the ILO and CGAP.For the purpose of the conference, microinsurance was defined as: "the protection of low income people against specific perils in exchange for regular premium payments proportionate to the likelihood and cost of theDocumentEnsuring good health: health insurance in sub-Saharan Africa
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002How can governments in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) provide universal equitable healthcare to their populations? How can SSA health systems respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and to the health needs of the poor?