insurance

Demand for insurance is high even at the actuarially fair price and receiving it alongside peers increases utilisation, yet health effects are elusive

Bundling genetic and financial technologies can make small-scale agriculture more resilient and productive

An experiment reveals that church members enrolled in formal insurance give less money to their church and to other charitable organisations

The introduction of mobile money promoted migration out of rural areas by easing long-distance transfers and increasing resilience

Subsidy policies combined with financial education can generate learning from experiences and promote long-run insurance take-up

A large-scale randomised experiment reveals that temporary health insurance subsidies can improve take-up at no additional cost to the government

Lack of insurance is a key constraint to small firms. Flexibility sees improved outcomes and socioeconomic status, combined with lower default rates.

Lorenzo Casaburi on how timing is crucial for increasing crop insurance adoption among smallholder farmers. Pay-at-harvest premiums could be a solution.

Recent empirical research on sub-Saharan African agricultural markets paints a cautiously optimistic picture of supply chain performance