This report presents findings from a study that seeks to make weather-index insurance simple, transparent, flexible and affordable for smallholder farmers.
Financial Well-being and Social Protection
Smallholder Access to Weather Securities in India: Demand and Impact on Production Decisions
Francisco Ceballos, Isaac Manuel R, Miguel Robles, Andre Butler
Do Flexible Repayment Schedules Improve the Impact of Microcredit? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Rural India
Kristina Czura
In this paper, the authors present findings from a randomized evaluation of flexible microcredit repayment schedules relative to “normal” inflexible, fixed repayment schedules.
The Need for Better Evidence to Evaluate the Health & Economic Benefits of India’s Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana
rindam Nandi, E. Phoebe Holtzman, Anup Malani, Ramanan Laxminarayan
In this review the existing evidence on the impact of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) is discussed in the context of international literature available on health insurance. We describe potential pathways through which health insurance can affect health and economic … Read More
Smallholder Access To Weather Securities: Demand And Impact On Consumption And Production Decisions
This study evaluates the potential of a weather index insurance product in addressing the insurance requirements of smallholder farmers. … Read More
Role of Microfinance Sector in Disaster Risk Reduction in India
Microfinance Institutions can provide wider support during natural disasters to poor households by implementing Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) activities This study aims to assess the gaps between existing DRR practices of MFIs and disaster related vulnerabilities of clients to inform disaster preparedness strategies. … Read More
Targeting the Hard-Core Poor – An Impact Evaluation
This study evaluates the impact of an asset transfer and training program on the economic and social well-being of ultra-poor households. … Read More
Alleviating Constraints to Adoption of Improved Soil Fertility Management
The study aims to investigate the constraints to the adoption of a new affordable automated system for delivering balanced fertilizer recommendations to farmers and compare it with recommendations from government soil testing laboratories. The aim of the project is to identify farmer fertilizer adoption patterns. … Read More
The Landscape of Crop and Livestock Insurance in India
This is a detailed landscape assessment of agricultural insurance in India, with a focus on crop and livestock insurance, providing a brief overview of the current landscape of products available, details on take-up and usage of crop and livestock insurance and the barriers faced on the supply and demand sides. … Read More
Access to Finance in Andhra Pradesh
A detailed study that captures the levels of access to finance in rural Andhra Pradesh with detailed information on microfinance, which is representative of an entire state’s rural population. … Read More
Access to Microfinance, Female Empowerment and Fertility in Urban India
This study evaluates the impact of access to microfinance on female labour force participation and childbearing in the long-term. … Read More
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