Index insurance is often promoted as a solution to many of the barriers that are thought to
limit the supply of formal insurance coverage to smallholder farmers and livestock owners in …

Both agricultural interventions and social protection interventions are needed for combatting
hunger and poverty among poor smallholder farmers. Yet, coordination between these two …

Bringing value to end consumers is one of the main challenges for businesses in emerging
markets. This paper examines the role of information technology (IT) advancements in frugal …

To cope with shocks, poor households with inadequate access to financial markets can sell
assets to smooth consumption and, or reduce consumption to protect assets. Both coping …

The immediate physical damages caused by environmental disasters are conspicuous and
often the focus of media and government attention. In contrast, the nature and magnitude of …

Agricultural insurance programs are currently being championed by international donors in
many developing countries. They are acclaimed as promising instruments for coping with …

Financial inclusion programmes seek to increase access to financial services such as credit,
savings, insurance and money transfers. Despite a wealth of systematic review evidence …

This report explores evidence and insights from five case studies that have made significant
recent progress in addressing the challenge of insuring poor smallholder farmers and …

Low-income producers and consumers of food in Africa are more vulnerable to climate
change, owing to their comparatively limited ability to invest in more adapted institutions and …

Smallholder farmers in the Philippines are typically considered to be particularly vulnerable
to climate change, yet, relatively little is known about how that vulnerability differs between …