Through the IBLI Case Study, we hope to make your students to think critically and creatively about extending financial services to the last frontier of the developing world. Continue reading
Category Archives: Pastoralism
IBLI introduces ‘asset protection’ product to its Ethiopia partners
A 3-day training workshop organized by IBLI, Cornell university, USAID, Australian Aid and other partners took place on ILRI Addis campus from 15–17 July 2015. Continue reading
IBLI partners discuss how project partnerships are shaping livestock insurance policy in Kenya
A 9 June 2015 IBLI workshop discussed how cross-sector partnerships can be harnessed to foster policy innovations for the pastoralist rangelands. Continue reading
Academic workshop: Mobile Pastoralism, Index Insurance, Computational Sustainability and Policy Innovations for the Arid and Semi-arid Lands of East Africa
This workshop was held on June 10 and 11 2015 , at the John Vercoe (JVC) Auditorium International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Nairobi, Kenya The Academic Workshop provided a forum to showcase the research work that is ongoing in and around IBLI on behavior and welfare and drivers of change that affect the pastoral community … Continue reading
Kenya: An insurance scheme based on satellite data for vulnerable pastoralists
Eurisy, the European Union funded non-profit, which seeks to raise awareness of emerging satellite applications, has just published an article highlighting Index-Based Livestock Insurance in Kenya and Ethiopia. Continue reading
The favourable impacts of Index-Based Livestock Insurance: Evaluation results from Ethiopia and Kenya
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
Lessons in extension and outreach from IBLI in Wajir, Kenya
A new research brief by ILRI shares lessons in extension and outreach from the Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) project in Wajir, Kenya. Continue reading
The human and environmental impacts of migratory pastoralism and IBLI in East Africa
An Australian Aid-funded project seeks to generate a number of policy-relevant results on the feedbacks between migrant pastoralism and the environment, including addressing the impacts of new index insurance products. Continue reading
Index-based insurance: Insurance or lottery tickets?
Recently, there has been much excitement around the use of index-based insurance as an alternative to conventional insurance products that may extend the rural poor’s access to formal insurance coverage in developing countries. Continue reading
What are the environmental impacts of index-based livestock insurance?
Migrant pastoralists on the arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) of East Africa are among the poorest and most vulnerable people on earth. Most of their economic activity is based around livestock herding and management. Continue reading