Unlocking Smallholder Credit : Does Credit-Linked Agricultural Insurance Work?

This paper reviews possibilities for, and experience with, credit-linked crop insurance, including different types of insurance and credit arrangements, ranging from insurance sold to individual farmers to meso insurance sold to financial service p...

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Main Authors: Meyer, Richard, Hazell, Peter, Varangis, Panos
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: International Labour Organization and the International Finance Corporation 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/515371511848930976/Unlocking-smallholder-credit-does-credit-linked-agricultural-insurance-work
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spelling okr-10986-314372021-06-14T10:15:27Z Unlocking Smallholder Credit : Does Credit-Linked Agricultural Insurance Work? Meyer, Richard Hazell, Peter Varangis, Panos INSURANCE FARMING RISK CREDIT MARKETS GLOBAL INDEX INSURANCE FACILITY IMPACT INSURANCE FACILITY SMALLHOLDER FARMER AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE CROP INSURANCE This paper reviews possibilities for, and experience with, credit-linked crop insurance, including different types of insurance and credit arrangements, ranging from insurance sold to individual farmers to meso insurance sold to financial service providers (FSPs) to cover losses suffered by farmer borrowers. The paper describes the main methods of linkage that are being tested or proposed, identifies the critical features of each method, and discusses the advantages and limitations for the three parties - farmers, FSPs, and insurers. 2019-03-26T18:18:41Z 2019-03-26T18:18:41Z 2017 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/515371511848930976/Unlocking-smallholder-credit-does-credit-linked-agricultural-insurance-work http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31437 English CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation and International Labour Organization International Labour Organization and the International Finance Corporation Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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topic INSURANCE
FARMING RISK
CREDIT MARKETS
GLOBAL INDEX INSURANCE FACILITY
IMPACT INSURANCE FACILITY
SMALLHOLDER FARMER
AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE
CROP INSURANCE
spellingShingle INSURANCE
FARMING RISK
CREDIT MARKETS
GLOBAL INDEX INSURANCE FACILITY
IMPACT INSURANCE FACILITY
SMALLHOLDER FARMER
AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE
CROP INSURANCE
Meyer, Richard
Hazell, Peter
Varangis, Panos
Unlocking Smallholder Credit : Does Credit-Linked Agricultural Insurance Work?
description This paper reviews possibilities for, and experience with, credit-linked crop insurance, including different types of insurance and credit arrangements, ranging from insurance sold to individual farmers to meso insurance sold to financial service providers (FSPs) to cover losses suffered by farmer borrowers. The paper describes the main methods of linkage that are being tested or proposed, identifies the critical features of each method, and discusses the advantages and limitations for the three parties - farmers, FSPs, and insurers.
format Working Paper
author Meyer, Richard
Hazell, Peter
Varangis, Panos
author_facet Meyer, Richard
Hazell, Peter
Varangis, Panos
author_sort Meyer, Richard
title Unlocking Smallholder Credit : Does Credit-Linked Agricultural Insurance Work?
title_short Unlocking Smallholder Credit : Does Credit-Linked Agricultural Insurance Work?
title_full Unlocking Smallholder Credit : Does Credit-Linked Agricultural Insurance Work?
title_fullStr Unlocking Smallholder Credit : Does Credit-Linked Agricultural Insurance Work?
title_full_unstemmed Unlocking Smallholder Credit : Does Credit-Linked Agricultural Insurance Work?
title_sort unlocking smallholder credit : does credit-linked agricultural insurance work?
publisher International Labour Organization and the International Finance Corporation
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/515371511848930976/Unlocking-smallholder-credit-does-credit-linked-agricultural-insurance-work
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31437
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