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The performance of index based livestock insurance: ex ante assessment in the presence of a poverty trap

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Title The performance of index based livestock insurance: ex ante assessment in the presence of a poverty trap
 
Creator Chantarat, S.
Mude, Andrew G.
Barrett, Christopher B.
Turvey, C.G.
 
Subject LIVESTOCK
POVERTY
LIVESTOCK INSURANCE
STOCK ASSESSMENT
PASTORALISM
 
Description 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 dynamics based on a model parameterized using rich
panel and experimental data from the region. The simulations allow us to investigate
patterns of willingness to pay for asset index insurance that is imperfectly correlated with
individuals' loss experience. The bifurcated livestock dynamics associated with the
poverty trap gives rise to insurance valuation that is highly nonlinear in individual herd
size. Willingness to pay among vulnerable groups who most need insurance are, on
average, lower than commercially viable rates but subsidization of IBLI premiums
appears to offer more cost-effective poverty reduction than direct transfers to the poor.
United States Agency for International Development
 
Date 2010-03-13T08:11:58Z
2010-03-13T08:11:58Z
2009-11
 
Type Manual
 
Identifier Chantarat, S.; Mude, A.G.; Barrett, C.B.; Turvey, C.G. 2009. The performance of index based livestock insurance: ex ante assessment in the presence of a poverty trap. Ithaca, NY (USA): Cornell University
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/781
 
Language en
 
Publisher Cornell University