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Insurance for the Poor

Insurance for the Poor

The working poor need insurance to protect them from unforeseen difficulties that may disrupt their ability to make a living. Combined with other ways of managing risk, the right insurance can keep a low-income family from falling below the poverty line when faced with difficulty. Insurance changes lives for the better, but even the most common forms of insurance are scarce among the poor.
Publications and Research

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Highlights

»Agricultural Insurance in Latin America (PDF Document)
»Financial Solutions for Catastrophe Risk Management (PDF Document)
»Making the Case for Insurance that Benefits the Poor
»A Role for the World Bank

Perspectives of Our Work

Simon WalleyEugene Gurenko
Ashna MathemaOlivier Mahul
Loic Chiquier Serap Gonulal

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Events

»Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Workshop - October 27, 2011
»World Bank/IFC Global Insurance Conference -Washington, DC - June 1-2, 2011
»First Stakeholder Workshop on Microinsurance in Nigeria, December 8, 2010
»Book Launch and Seminar: Government Support to Agricultural Insurance (Presentations)

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Resources

»CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance
»Munich Re Foundation
»International Association for Insurance Supervisors (IAIS)
»FinMark Trust
»Microfinance Gateway
»Microinsurance Centre LLC
»Microinsurance Agency Holdings LLC
»The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF)



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