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The Facility aims at sharing information with all key stakeholders, from insurers, investors, suppliers and delivery organizations to researchers, TA providers, donors and civil society organizations in order to facilitate the replication and expansion of effective interventions. The Facility publishes a variety of publications

Type of Publication: Research Papers
Region Title of Research Author(s)
Africa Weather index-based insurance in a cash crop regulated sector: Ex ante evaluation for cotton producers in Cameroon
Name: 
Antoine Leblois
Organization: 
CIRED (Centre International de Recherche sur l’Environnement et le Developpement
Name: 
Philippe Quirion
Organization: 
CIRED, LMD (Laboratoire de M´et´eorologie Dynamique)
Name: 
Benjamin Sultan
Organization: 
LOCEAN (Laboratoire d’Océanographie et du Climat Experimentation et Approches Numériques)
Africa Impact des mutuelles de santé sur les comportements de demande de santé des ménages au Cameroun
Name: 
Jean Colbert Awomo Ndongo
Organization: 
Université de Yaoundé II
Name: 
Roger Tsafack Nanfosso
Organization: 
Université de Yaoundé II
Africa Microinsurance decisions: Evidence from Ethiopia
Name: 
Daniel Clarke
Organization: 
University of Oxford
Name: 
Gautam Kalani
Organization: 
University of Oxford
Asia and the Pacific Client-value of microinsurance products: Evidence from the Mutual Assistance Fund in Vietnam
Name: 
Son Hong Nghiem
Organization: 
The University of Queensland, Australia
Name: 
An Hoai Duong
Organization: 
Thai Nguyen University, Vietnam
Asia and the Pacific Weather insured savings accounts
Name: 
Daniel Stein
Name: 
Jeremy Tobacman
Asia and the Pacific Impact of education on the willingness to pay for and knowledge of health insurance
Name: 
Jahangir A. M. Khan
Organization: 
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Africa Health worker preferences for community-based health Insurance payment mechanisms: a discrete choice experiment
Name: 
Paul Jacob Robyn
Organization: 
University of Heidelberg, Institute of Public Health, Germany
Name: 
Till Bärnighausen
Organization: 
Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Global Health and Population, USA
Name: 
Aurélia Souares
Organization: 
Nouna Health Research Centre, Ministry of Health, Burkina Faso
Name: 
Germain Savadogo
Name: 
Brice Bicaba
Organization: 
Nouna Health District, Ministry of Health, Burkina Faso
Name: 
Ali Sié
Name: 
Rainer Sauerborn
Africa Is it all about money? A randomized evaluation of the impact of insurance literacy and marketing treatments on the demand for health microinsurance in Senegal
Name: 
Jacopo Bonan
Name: 
Olivier Dagnelie
Name: 
Philippe LeMay-Boucher
Name: 
Michel Tenikue
Africa Risk preferences and demand for insurance under price uncertainty: an experimental approach for cocoa farmers in Côte d'ivoire
Name: 
Euphrasie B.H. Kouame
Name: 
Aka Narcisse Komenan
Asia and the Pacific Does microcredit increase child labour in absence of micro insurance?
Name: 
Dr Sayan Chakrabarty
Asia and the Pacific Does microinsurance help the poor? Evidence from the targeted health microinsurance program in 2004-2008
Name: 
Tra T.T. Pham
Organization: 
School of Business, International University, Vietnam National University of Hochiminh city
Name: 
Thong L. Pham
Organization: 
School of Business and Administration, Can Tho University
Africa Health insurance participation: Evidence from Kenya
Name: 
Stefan Dercon
Organization: 
University of Oxford
Name: 
Jan Willem Gunning
Organization: 
VU University Amsterdam
Name: 
Andrew Zeitlin
Name: 
Claudia Cerrone
Organization: 
Royal Holloway
Name: 
Simone Lombardini
Africa Ciblage des Pauvres dans le Financement Communautaire de Santé au Cameroun (in French)
Name: 
Fondo Sikod
Organization: 
The Universtity of Yaounde II
Name: 
Ibrahim Abba
Organization: 
The Universtity of Yaounde II
Asia and the Pacific Social Networks and Insurance Take-Up: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in China
Name: 
Jing Cai
Organization: 
University of California at Berkeley
Name: 
Alain de Janvry
Organization: 
University of California at Berkeley
Name: 
Elisabeth Sadoulet
Organization: 
University of California at Berkeley
Africa Establishing an Index Insurance Triggers for Crop Loss in Northern Ghana
Name: 
The Katie School of Insurance
Organization: 
The Katie School of Insurance
Asia and the Pacific Comprehensive Risk Cover through Remote Sensing Techniques in Agriculture Insurance for Developing Countries: A Pilot Project
Name: 
Mangesh Patankar
Organization: 
CIRM
Latin America and the Caribbean Microinsurance Utilization in Nicaragua: A Report on the Effects on Children, Retention, and Health Claims
Name: 
Anne Fitzpatrick
Organization: 
University of Michigan
Name: 
Barbara Magnoni
Organization: 
EA Consultants
Name: 
Rebecca L. Thornton
Organization: 
University of Michigan
Africa Microinsurance Product Design: Consumer Preferences in Kenya
Name: 
Job Harms
Organization: 
VU University Amsterdam
Africa The Economic Value of the Willingness to Pay for a Community-Based Prepayment Scheme in Rural Cameroon
Name: 
Hermann Pythagore Pierre Donfouet
Organization: 
Department of Public Economics, University of Yaounde II
Name: 
Ephias M. Makaudze
Organization: 
Department of Economics, University of Western Cape
Africa Health Care Utilization in Rural Senegal: The Facts Before the Extension of Health Insurance to Farmers
Name: 
Aurélia Lépine
Organization: 
University of Otago
Name: 
Alexis Le Nestour
Organization: 
University of Otago
Asia and the Pacific Marketing Complex Financial Products in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Rainfall Insurance in India
Name: 
Sarthak Gaurav
Organization: 
Gandhi Institute of Development Research
Name: 
Shawn Cole
Organization: 
Finance Unit at Harvard Business School
Name: 
Jeremy Tobacman
Organization: 
Assistant Professor in the Department of Business and Public Policy at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Type of Publication: Briefing Notes
Region Title of Research Author(s)
Global Managing microinsurance partnerships
Name: 
Kelly Rendek
Asia and the Pacific Savings in microinsurance: Lessons from India
Name: 
Rob Rusconi
Global Third-party payment mechanisms in health microinsurance: Practical tips and solutions
Name: 
Pascale Le Roy
Name: 
Jeanna Holtz
Global Improving client value from microinsurance: Insights from India, Kenya and the Philippines
Name: 
Michal Matul
Organization: 
Microinsurance Innovation Facility
Name: 
Clemence Tatin-Jaleran
Name: 
Eamon Kelly
Global A business case for microinsurance
Name: 
Janice Angove
Name: 
Nashelo Tande
Global Improving credit life microinsurance
Name: 
John Wipf
Name: 
Eamon Kelly
Name: 
Michael J. McCord
Global Beyond sales: new frontiers in microinsurance distribution
Name: 
Anja Smith
Name: 
Herman Smit
Name: 
Doubell Chamberlain
Global Formalizing the Informal Insurance Inherent in Migration
Name: 
Jennifer Powers
Name: 
Barbara Magnoni
Name: 
Emily Zimmerman
Global Innovations and Barriers in Health Microinsurance
Name: 
Sheila Leatherman
Name: 
Lisa Jones Christensen
Name: 
Jeanna Holtz
Organization: 
Microinsurance Innovation Facility
Global The Psychology of Microinsurance: Small Changes Can Make a Surprising Difference
Name: 
Aparna Dalal
Organization: 
Microinsurance Innovation Facility
Name: 
Jonathan Morduch
Global Emerging Practices in Consumer Education on Risk Management and Insurance
Name: 
Iddo Dror
Name: 
Aparna Dalal
Organization: 
Microinsurance Innovation Facility
Name: 
Michal Matul
Organization: 
Microinsurance Innovation Facility
Global Microinsurance that Works for Women: Making Microinsurance Programs Gender-Sensitive
Name: 
Anjali Banthia
Organization: 
Women’s World Banking
Name: 
Susan Johnson
Organization: 
Centre for Development Studies, University of Bath
Name: 
Michael J. McCord
Organization: 
The MicroInsurance Centre
Name: 
Brandon Mathews
Organization: 
Zurich Financial Services
Africa The landscape of microinsurance in Africa
Name: 
Michal Matul
Organization: 
Microinsurance Innovation Facility
Name: 
Michael J. McCord
Name: 
Caroline Phily
Organization: 
Microinsurance Innovation Facility
Name: 
Job Harms
Type of Publication: Microinsurance Papers
Region Title of Research Author(s)
Asia and the Pacific A case for livestock insurance
Name: 
Aparna Dalal
Organization: 
Microinsurance Innovation Facility
Name: 
K. Gopinath
Organization: 
IFFCO-TOKIO General Insurance Co. Ltd.
Name: 
Sarfraz Shah
Organization: 
IFFCO-TOKIO General Insurance Co. Ltd.
Name: 
Gourahari Panda
Organization: 
IFFCO-TOKIO General Insurance Co. Ltd.
Global Selling more, selling better: A microinsurance sales force development study
Name: 
Serena Guarnaschelli
Name: 
Gill Cassar
Name: 
Aparna Dalal
Organization: 
Microinsurance Innovation Facility
Global Managing microinsurance partnerships
Name: 
Kelly Rendek
Asia and the Pacific Savings in microinsurance: Lessons from India
Name: 
Rob Rusconi
Global Third Party Payment Mechanism in Health Microinsurance
Name: 
Pascale Le Roy
Name: 
Jeanna Holtz
Organization: 
Microinsurance Innovation Facility
Africa
Asia and the Pacific
 Improving client value from microinsurance: Insights from India, Kenya and the Philippines
Name: 
Michal Matul
Organization: 
Microinsurance Innovation Facility
Name: 
Clemence Tatin-Jaleran
Name: 
Eamon Kelly
Global A business case for microinsurance: an analysis of the profitability of microinsurance for five insurance companies
Name: 
Janice Angove
Organization: 
Quindiem Consulting
Name: 
Nashelo Tande
Organization: 
Quindiem Consulting
Global Funeral insurance
Name: 
Christine Hougaard
Organization: 
Center for Financial Regulation and Inclusion (CENFRI)
Name: 
Doubell Chamberlain
Organization: 
Center for Financial Regulation and Inclusion (CENFRI)
Global Improving credit life microinsurance
Name: 
John Wipf
Name: 
Eamon Kelly
Name: 
Michael J. McCord
Organization: 
The MicroInsurance Centre
Global Beyond sales: new frontiers in microinsurance distribution
Name: 
Anja Smith
Organization: 
Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion
Name: 
Herman Smit
Organization: 
Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion
Name: 
Doubell Chamberlain
Organization: 
Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion
Global Formalizing the Informal Insurance Inherent in Migration
Name: 
Jennifer Powers
Organization: 
EA Consultants
Name: 
Barbara Magnoni
Organization: 
EA Consultants
Name: 
Emily Zimmerman
Organization: 
EA Consultants
Global Innovations and Barriers in Health Microinsurance
Name: 
Sheila Leatherman
Organization: 
Gillings School of Global Public Health
Name: 
Lisa Jones Christensen
Organization: 
Kenan-Flagler Business School
Name: 
Jeanna Holtz
Organization: 
Microinsurance Innovation Facility
Global The Psychology of Microinsurance: Small Changes Can Make a Surprising Difference
Name: 
Aparna Dalal
Organization: 
Financial Access Initiative, New York Wagner University
Name: 
Jonathan Morduch
Organization: 
Financial Access Initiative, New York Wagner University
Africa The Landscape of Microinsurance in Africa
Name: 
Michal Matul
Organization: 
Microinsurance Innovation Facility
Name: 
Michael J. McCord
Organization: 
The MicroInsurance Centre
Name: 
Caroline Phily
Organization: 
Microinsurance Innovation Facility
Name: 
Job Harms
Global Microinsurance that works for women: Making gender-sensitive microinsurance programs
Name: 
Anjali Banthia
Organization: 
Women’s World Banking
Name: 
Susan Johnson
Organization: 
Centre for Development Studies, University of Bath
Name: 
Michael J. McCord
Organization: 
The MicroInsurance Centre
Name: 
Brandon Mathews
Organization: 
Zurich Financial Services
Global Technology for microinsurance scoping study
Name: 
Eric Gerelle
Organization: 
IBEX Project Services
Name: 
Michiel Berende
Global Literature review on microinsurance
Name: 
Stefan Dercon
Organization: 
Oxford University & European Development Research Network (EUDN)
Name: 
Martina Kirchberger
Organization: 
Oxford University
Name: 
Jan Willem Gunning
Organization: 
European Development Research Network (EUDN)
Name: 
Jean-Philippe Platteau
Organization: 
European Development Research Network (EUDN)