Innovations in insuring the poor

Table of Contents

1. Introduction by Rajul Pandya-Lorch and Shenggen Fan
2. Innovations in Insuring the Poor: Overview by Ruth Vargas Hill and Maximo Torero
3. Risk and the Rural Poor by John Hoddinott
4. Risk, Poverty, and Insurance by Stefan Dercon
5. Microinsurance for Health and Agricultural Risks by Richard Leftley
6. Sustainability and Scalability of Index-Based Insurance for Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods by Ulrich Hess and Peter Hazell
7. Intelligent Design of Index Insurance for Smallholder Farmers and Pastoralists by Michael R. Carter
8. Experience with Weather Index-based Insurance in India and Malawi by Xavier Giné
9. Providing Weather Index and Indemnity Insurance in Ethiopia by Eyob Meherette
10. Index-based Livestock Insurance in Mongolia by Olivier Mahul, Nathan Belete, and Andrew Goodland
11. Health Insurance for the Rural Poor: Evidence from Cambodia by David I. Levine
12. Innovations in Health Insurance: Community-based Models by Johannes Jütting
13. Microfinance and Unexpected Consumption Expenditures by Richard Hornbeck
14. Providing Insurance through Microfinance Institutions: The Indian Experience by Rupalee Ruchismita and Sona Varma
15. Social Protection and Risk by John Hoddinott
16. Index Insurance Applied to Agriculture: The Mexican Case by Amado Villarreal González