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Chantarat, S.Mude, Andrew G.Barrett, Christopher B.[Willingness to pay for index based livestock insurance: results from a field experiment in northern Kenya]Willingness to pay for index based livestock insurance: results from a field experiment in northern Kenya

Livestock production in arid and semi-arid rangelands is a risky enterprise. Covariate risk of catastrophic livestock loss due to drought is the most critical uninsured risk facing livestock producers. These losses can lead to persistent poverty. We are trying to design an index based livestock i...


McPeak, J.G.Chantarat, S.Mude, Andrew G.[Explaining index based livestock insurance to pastoralists]Explaining index based livestock insurance to pastoralists

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the methods and findings of an experimental game designed to extend the concept of index-based livestock insurance in northern Kenya, and analyze patterns of game play. The paper is designed to inform others who may be attempting something similar...


McPeak, J.G.Chantarat, S.Mude, Andrew G.[Explaining index-based livestock insurance to pastoralists]Explaining index-based livestock insurance to pastoralists

This paper describes a novel effort at developing index-based insurance for locationaveraged livestock mortality as a means to fill an important void in the risk management instruments available to protect the main asset of pastoralists in the arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya, where insurance ma...


Chantarat, S.Mude, Andrew G.Barrett, Christopher B.Carter, M.R.[Designing index based livestock insurance for managing asset risk in northern Kenya]Designing index based livestock insurance for managing asset risk in northern Kenya

This paper evaluates the effectiveness of a new index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) product designed to compensate for area average predicted livestock mortality loss in northern Kenya, where previous work has established the presence of poverty traps. We simulate household-specific wealth dyn...


Chantarat, S.Mude, Andrew G.Barrett, Christopher B.Turvey, C.G.[The performance of index based livestock insurance: ex ante assessment in the presence of a poverty trap]The performance of index based livestock insurance: ex ante assessment in the presence of a poverty trap

Pastoralist households across East Africa face major livestock losses during drought periods that can cause persistent poverty. For Kenya and southern Ethiopia, an existing index insurance scheme aims to reduce the adverse effects of such losses. The scheme insures individual households through a...


Vrieling, A.Meroni, M.Mude, Andrew G.Chantarat, S.Ummenhofer, Caroline C.Bie, C.A.J.M. de[Early assessment of seasonal forage availability for mitigating the impact of drought on East African pastoralists]Early assessment of seasonal forage availability for mitigating the impact of drought on East African pastoralists

Barrett, Christopher B.Carter, M.R.Chantarat, S.McPeak, J.G.Mude, Andrew G.[Altering poverty dynamics with index insurance: northern Kenya’s HSNP+]Altering poverty dynamics with index insurance: northern Kenya’s HSNP+

This article describes a novel index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) product piloted among pastoralists in Northern Kenya, where insurance markets are effectively absent and uninsured risk exposure is a main cause of poverty. We describe the methodology used to design the contract and its underl...


Chantarat, S.Mude, Andrew G.Barrett, Christopher B.Carter, M.R.[Designing index based livestock insurance for managing asset risk in northern Kenya]Designing index based livestock insurance for managing asset risk in northern Kenya

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