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Integrating index-based livestock insurance with community savings and loan groups in northern Kenya
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Integrating index-based livestock insurance with community savings and loan groups in northern Kenya

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Partnering with members of group saving and loans organizations (GSLs) may be an effective way of undertaking extension work on index-based livestock insurance (IBLI). These are the findings of the latest ILRI research brief on Integrating index-based livestock insurance with community savings and loan groups in northern Kenya. Continue reading →

Africa / CCAFS / DRYLANDSCRP / East Africa / Ethiopia / IBLI / Impact Assessment / Insurance / Kenya / Livestock / Pastoralism / SLS

The favourable impacts of Index-Based Livestock Insurance: Evaluation results from Ethiopia and Kenya

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A new research brief by ILRI demonstrates that index insurance shows considerable promise, especially in settings where conventional insurance to cover potentially catastrophic herd losses does not exist. Continue reading →