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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 | |
relation.isAuthorOfPublication | 5d2c304d-f9f6-593d-abb0-6afa01126935 |
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