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Microinsurance : Extending Pro-Poor Risk Management through the Social Fund Platform

dc.contributor.author Maleika, Marc
dc.contributor.author Kuriakose, Anne T.
dc.date.accessioned 2012-08-13T14:15:11Z
dc.date.available 2012-08-13T14:15:11Z
dc.date.issued 2008-10
dc.description.abstract Microinsurance (MI) can be an effective complement to existing menus of social protection programs. A flexible and powerful instrument, MI reduces vulnerability and mitigates the negative effects of external shocks on poor households. However, MI programs require well-developed institutional arrangements in order to run in an efficient and effective manner. Such conditions can be difficult to find in low-income countries. Social funds can help bridge this gap, standing as a platform to organize and deliver MI products. This social funds innovations note introduces some of the primary design principles behind MI program development, highlighting cases of best practice, and suggests how social funds can be used to deliver MI services more effectively to poor households. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/9996367/microinsurance-extending-pro-poor-risk-management-through-social-fund-platform
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11136
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Social Funds Innovation Notes
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ACCESS TO INSURANCE
dc.subject ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
dc.subject ADVERSE SELECTION
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE
dc.subject ASSET BASES
dc.subject BASIS RISK
dc.subject BENEFICIARIES
dc.subject BORROWER
dc.subject CASH FLOW
dc.subject CASH MANAGEMENT
dc.subject CASH RESERVES
dc.subject CLIENT BASE
dc.subject CLIENT BASES
dc.subject COMMERCIAL BANKS
dc.subject COMMUNITY INSURANCE
dc.subject COMPUTER KIOSKS
dc.subject CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING
dc.subject COOPERATIVES
dc.subject COVERAGE
dc.subject CREDIT ARRANGEMENTS
dc.subject CREDIT LIFE INSURANCE
dc.subject DEBT
dc.subject DEBT PAYMENTS
dc.subject DEFICITS
dc.subject DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject DISASTER INSURANCE
dc.subject DISASTERS
dc.subject DUE DILIGENCE
dc.subject ECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subject EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject FINANCIAL PRODUCT
dc.subject FINANCIAL RESOURCES
dc.subject FINANCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject FINANCIAL SHOCK
dc.subject FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
dc.subject GENERAL INSURANCE
dc.subject HEALTH CARE
dc.subject HEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subject HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM
dc.subject HEALTH INSURERS
dc.subject HEALTH PLAN
dc.subject HEALTH PROGRAMS
dc.subject HEALTH SERVICE
dc.subject HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject INCOME
dc.subject INCOME HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject INFORMAL INSURANCE
dc.subject INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
dc.subject INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject INSTRUMENT
dc.subject INSURANCE COMPANIES
dc.subject INSURANCE COMPANY
dc.subject INSURANCE MARKET
dc.subject INSURANCE MARKETS
dc.subject INSURANCE PREMIUM
dc.subject INSURANCE PREMIUMS
dc.subject INSURANCE PRODUCT
dc.subject INSURANCE PRODUCTS
dc.subject INSURANCES
dc.subject INSURER
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION
dc.subject LIFE INSURANCE
dc.subject LIFE INSURANCE POLICY
dc.subject LIFE INSURANCE PRODUCTS
dc.subject LOAN
dc.subject LOAN AMOUNT
dc.subject LOAN PRODUCTS
dc.subject LOAN REPAYMENTS
dc.subject LOCAL BANK
dc.subject LOCAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subject LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject MARKET PARTICIPANTS
dc.subject MICRO-INSURANCE
dc.subject MICROCREDIT
dc.subject MICROFINANCE
dc.subject MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION
dc.subject MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject MICROINSURANCE
dc.subject MITIGATION
dc.subject MORAL HAZARD
dc.subject MORAL HAZARD PROBLEMS
dc.subject MORTALITY
dc.subject NATURAL DISASTER
dc.subject NATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subject OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
dc.subject PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS
dc.subject POLICYHOLDERS
dc.subject PORTFOLIO
dc.subject PREMIUM PAYMENTS
dc.subject PREMIUMS
dc.subject PRIVATE INSURANCE
dc.subject PRIVATE INSURERS
dc.subject PRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subject PRIVATE SECTORS
dc.subject PROGRAMS
dc.subject PROPERTY INSURANCE
dc.subject PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
dc.subject RATES
dc.subject REGULATORS
dc.subject REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject REINSURANCE
dc.subject REINSURERS
dc.subject RESERVES
dc.subject RETURN
dc.subject RETURNS
dc.subject RISK ASSESSMENT
dc.subject RISK EXPOSURE
dc.subject RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subject RISK POOLING
dc.subject RISK TRANSFER
dc.subject SAFETY NET
dc.subject SAFETY NETS
dc.subject SAVINGS
dc.subject SETTLEMENT
dc.subject SMALL ENTERPRISE
dc.subject SOCIAL FUND
dc.subject SOCIAL FUNDS
dc.subject SOCIAL NETWORKS
dc.subject SOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subject SOCIAL PROTECTION STRATEGY
dc.subject SOCIAL RISK
dc.subject SOCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subject SUSTAINABILITY
dc.subject TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject TRANSACTION
dc.subject TRANSACTION COSTS
dc.subject TRANSFER PAYMENTS
dc.title Microinsurance : Extending Pro-Poor Risk Management through the Social Fund Platform en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Brief
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/9996367/microinsurance-extending-pro-poor-risk-management-through-social-fund-platform
okr.globalpractice Finance and Markets
okr.globalpractice Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.globalpractice Trade and Competitiveness
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000334955_20081105054139
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 9996367
okr.identifier.report 46307
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2008/11/05/000334955_20081105054139/Rendered/PDF/463070BRI0Box31novationNotesV510No2.pdf en
okr.topic Insurance and Risk Mitigation
okr.topic Health Economics and Finance
okr.topic Finance and Financial Sector Development :: Debt Markets
okr.topic Private Sector Development :: Emerging Markets
okr.topic Finance and Financial Sector Development :: Non Bank Financial Institutions
okr.topic Health, Nutrition and Population
okr.unit Social Protection Team (HDNSP)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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