Social protection programmes aim to use public funds to reduce poverty and vulnerability. Cash transfers have proven to be an effective social protection strategy in many contexts but are extremely expensive. Researchers have suggested that integrating multiple interventions could improve the eff...
Jensen, Nathaniel D.
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Ikegami, Munenobu
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Mude, Andrew G.
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[Integrating social protection strategies for improved impact: A comparative evaluation of cash transfers and index insurance in Kenya]
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Integrating social protection strategies for improved impact: A comparative evaluation of cash transfers and index insurance in Kenya
Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Mude, Andrew G.
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Leeuw, Jan de
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Silvestri, Silvia
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MacMillan, Susan
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[Options for enhancing resilience in pastoral systems]
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Options for enhancing resilience in pastoral systems
Taye, Masresha
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Banerjee, Rupsha R.
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Wandera, Brenda
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Mude, Andrew G.
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[Creating resilience through Index Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI): Insights from Ethiopia]
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Creating resilience through Index Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI): Insights from Ethiopia
Thornton, Philip K.
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Mude, Andrew G.
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Ouma, R.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Steeg, Jeannette van de
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Kariuki, Juliet B.
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Ayantunde, Augustine A.
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[Vulnerability, climate change, and livestock: challenges and opportunities for the poor]
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Vulnerability, climate change, and livestock: challenges and opportunities for the poor
To support improved rangeland resource management and monitoring for nomadic pastoralists in northern Kenya, we used a task-based mobile application to incentivize pastoralists provide more than 100,000 surveys containing information on local rangeland, water and livestock resources. In this cont...
Fava, Francesco P.
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Jensen, Nathaniel D.
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Oto, Lucas de
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Mude, Andrew G.
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[Integrating local crowdsourced and remotely sensed data to characterize rangeland resource use in extensive pasturelands]
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Integrating local crowdsourced and remotely sensed data to characterize rangeland resource use in extensive pasturelands
Taye, M.
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Banerjee, Rupsha R.
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Wandera, Brenda
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Mude, Andrew G.
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[Building resilience through Index Based Livestock Insurance: Insights from Ethiopia]
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Building resilience through Index Based Livestock Insurance: Insights from Ethiopia
Wright, Iain A.
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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Mude, Andrew G.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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[Pastoralism: From vulnerability to resilience]
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Pastoralism: From vulnerability to resilience
Dror, Iddo
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Maheshwari, S.
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Mude, Andrew G.
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[Using satellite data to insure camels, cows, sheep and goats: IBLI and the development of the world’s first insurance for African pastoralists]
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Using satellite data to insure camels, cows, sheep and goats: IBLI and the development of the world’s first insurance for African pastoralists
Cash transfers and index insurance have become popular interventions by development agencies worldwide, yet surprisingly little is known about these programs' comparative impacts on participant behavior or well-being. This paper exploits exogenous variation in program participation and panel data...
Jensen, Nathaniel D.
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Barrett, Christopher B.
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Mude, Andrew G.
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[Cash transfers and index insurance: A comparative impact analysis from northern Kenya]
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Cash transfers and index insurance: A comparative impact analysis from northern Kenya
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.
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Mude, Andrew G.
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Barrett, Christopher B.
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Carter, M.R.
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[Designing index based livestock insurance for managing asset risk in northern Kenya]
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Designing index based livestock insurance for managing asset risk in northern Kenya