Innovating to Reduce Risk : The Case of Livestock Insurance in Mongolia

The Mongolia Index Based Livestock Insurance Project (P088816) is piloting insurance plans in three provinces, Bayankhongor, Uvs, and Khenti. It consists of five components. The first provides the mechanism to pilot two index-based livestock insura...

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Main Authors: Belete, Nathan, Larson, Gunnar
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/10/8958053/innovating-reduce-risk-case-livestock-insurance-mongolia
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spelling okr-10986-95572021-04-23T14:02:46Z Innovating to Reduce Risk : The Case of Livestock Insurance in Mongolia Belete, Nathan Larson, Gunnar ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE CATASTROPHIC EVENT CATASTROPHIC INSURANCE COVERAGE CROP INSURANCE CROP YIELDS DISASTER DISASTER MITIGATION DISASTER RESPONSE DISASTER RISK DROUGHT DROUGHTS FARMERS FODDER FOOD SECURITY HERDERS HERDING INCOME INDEMNITY INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE COMPANIES INSURANCE INDUSTRY INSURANCE PLANS INSURANCE PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION LIVELIHOOD SECURITY LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK HUSBANDRY LIVESTOCK INSURANCE LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT LIVESTOCK OWNERS LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITY MONITORING COSTS MORAL HAZARD MORTALITY NATIONAL HERD NATURAL DISASTER POLICYHOLDERS POOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY IMPACT PRIVATE INSURANCE PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES PROGRAMS RATES REINSURANCE REINSURANCE MARKETS RESERVES RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MITIGATION RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ECONOMY RURAL FINANCE RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL LIVELIHOODS RURAL POOR RURAL POVERTY SAFETY SAFETY NET SUSTAINABILITY WEATHER EVENTS The Mongolia Index Based Livestock Insurance Project (P088816) is piloting insurance plans in three provinces, Bayankhongor, Uvs, and Khenti. It consists of five components. The first provides the mechanism to pilot two index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) products. The second component of the project entails a variety of targeted promotional and public awareness activities to foster awareness and inform stakeholders about the details of the two products and the IBLI pilot. The third component supports the institutional framework and capacity necessary to expand the availability of the insurance products once the viability of IBLI instruments has been established. The fourth component monitors a variety of stakeholders during the IBLI pilot in tracking access by different social groups, monitoring how the two products are received, and in determining whether herders modify their behavior in response and, if so, how their behavior changes. The project's fifth component supports the project implementation unit in its management functions. The lessons learned also suggest themselves as potentially replicable by other project teams, and as warranting the attention of other governments that seek to manage the risks faced by livestock-dependent communities. 2012-08-13T08:57:08Z 2012-08-13T08:57:08Z 2007-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/10/8958053/innovating-reduce-risk-case-livestock-insurance-mongolia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9557 English Agricultural and Rural Development Notes; No. 27 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Mongolia
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topic ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE
CATASTROPHIC EVENT
CATASTROPHIC INSURANCE
COVERAGE
CROP INSURANCE
CROP YIELDS
DISASTER
DISASTER MITIGATION
DISASTER RESPONSE
DISASTER RISK
DROUGHT
DROUGHTS
FARMERS
FODDER
FOOD SECURITY
HERDERS
HERDING
INCOME
INDEMNITY
INNOVATION
INNOVATIONS
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INSURANCE COMPANIES
INSURANCE INDUSTRY
INSURANCE PLANS
INSURANCE PRODUCTS
INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION
LIVELIHOOD SECURITY
LIVESTOCK
LIVESTOCK HUSBANDRY
LIVESTOCK INSURANCE
LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT
LIVESTOCK OWNERS
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITY
MONITORING COSTS
MORAL HAZARD
MORTALITY
NATIONAL HERD
NATURAL DISASTER
POLICYHOLDERS
POOR
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY IMPACT
PRIVATE INSURANCE
PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES
PROGRAMS
RATES
REINSURANCE
REINSURANCE MARKETS
RESERVES
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK MITIGATION
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL ECONOMY
RURAL FINANCE
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL LIVELIHOODS
RURAL POOR
RURAL POVERTY
SAFETY
SAFETY NET
SUSTAINABILITY
WEATHER EVENTS
spellingShingle ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE
CATASTROPHIC EVENT
CATASTROPHIC INSURANCE
COVERAGE
CROP INSURANCE
CROP YIELDS
DISASTER
DISASTER MITIGATION
DISASTER RESPONSE
DISASTER RISK
DROUGHT
DROUGHTS
FARMERS
FODDER
FOOD SECURITY
HERDERS
HERDING
INCOME
INDEMNITY
INNOVATION
INNOVATIONS
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INSURANCE COMPANIES
INSURANCE INDUSTRY
INSURANCE PLANS
INSURANCE PRODUCTS
INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION
LIVELIHOOD SECURITY
LIVESTOCK
LIVESTOCK HUSBANDRY
LIVESTOCK INSURANCE
LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT
LIVESTOCK OWNERS
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITY
MONITORING COSTS
MORAL HAZARD
MORTALITY
NATIONAL HERD
NATURAL DISASTER
POLICYHOLDERS
POOR
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY IMPACT
PRIVATE INSURANCE
PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES
PROGRAMS
RATES
REINSURANCE
REINSURANCE MARKETS
RESERVES
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK MITIGATION
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL ECONOMY
RURAL FINANCE
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL LIVELIHOODS
RURAL POOR
RURAL POVERTY
SAFETY
SAFETY NET
SUSTAINABILITY
WEATHER EVENTS
Belete, Nathan
Larson, Gunnar
Innovating to Reduce Risk : The Case of Livestock Insurance in Mongolia
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Mongolia
relation Agricultural and Rural Development Notes; No. 27
description The Mongolia Index Based Livestock Insurance Project (P088816) is piloting insurance plans in three provinces, Bayankhongor, Uvs, and Khenti. It consists of five components. The first provides the mechanism to pilot two index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) products. The second component of the project entails a variety of targeted promotional and public awareness activities to foster awareness and inform stakeholders about the details of the two products and the IBLI pilot. The third component supports the institutional framework and capacity necessary to expand the availability of the insurance products once the viability of IBLI instruments has been established. The fourth component monitors a variety of stakeholders during the IBLI pilot in tracking access by different social groups, monitoring how the two products are received, and in determining whether herders modify their behavior in response and, if so, how their behavior changes. The project's fifth component supports the project implementation unit in its management functions. The lessons learned also suggest themselves as potentially replicable by other project teams, and as warranting the attention of other governments that seek to manage the risks faced by livestock-dependent communities.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Belete, Nathan
Larson, Gunnar
author_facet Belete, Nathan
Larson, Gunnar
author_sort Belete, Nathan
title Innovating to Reduce Risk : The Case of Livestock Insurance in Mongolia
title_short Innovating to Reduce Risk : The Case of Livestock Insurance in Mongolia
title_full Innovating to Reduce Risk : The Case of Livestock Insurance in Mongolia
title_fullStr Innovating to Reduce Risk : The Case of Livestock Insurance in Mongolia
title_full_unstemmed Innovating to Reduce Risk : The Case of Livestock Insurance in Mongolia
title_sort innovating to reduce risk : the case of livestock insurance in mongolia
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/10/8958053/innovating-reduce-risk-case-livestock-insurance-mongolia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9557
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