Government Support to Agricultural
            Insurance : Challenges and Options for Developing Countries

Mahul, Olivier; Stutley, Charles J.

dc.creator	Mahul, Olivier
dc.creator	Stutley, Charles J.
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:33:26Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:33:26Z
dc.date	2010
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:36:21Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:36:21Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20100407020856
dc.identifier	978-0-8213-8217-2
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2432
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/242865
dc.description	Governments in developing countries have been increasingly involved in the support of commercial agricultural (crop and livestock) insurance programs in recent years. A striking example is China, where, with support (and premium subsidies) from the central and provincial governments, the agricultural insurance market grew dramatically to become the second largest market in the world (after the United States) in 2008. In India and Mexico, weather-based crop insurance has been developed on a large scale to protect farmers against the vagaries of the weather. Many other countries have investigated the feasibility of agricultural insurance, and some have implemented pilot programs. This book aims to inform and update public and private decision makers involved in promoting agricultural insurance about recent developments in agriculture insurance. The literature is heavily biased toward the practice and experience of a few very large public-private programs in Northern America and Europe, which are driven by large public financial subsidies. This book provides decision makers with a framework for developing agricultural insurance. It is based on an analytical review of the rationale for public intervention in agricultural insurance and a detailed comparative analysis of crop and livestock insurance programs provided with and without government support in more than 65 developed and developing countries. The comparative analysis is based on a survey conducted by the World Bank's agricultural insurance team in 2008. Drawing on the survey results, the book identifies some key roles governments can play to support the development of sustainable, affordable, and cost-effective agricultural insurance programs.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCIDENT
dc.subject	ACCIDENTS
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE SCHEME
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE SCHEMES
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subject	ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
dc.subject	BANKS
dc.subject	BASIS RISK
dc.subject	BENEFICIARIES
dc.subject	BONDS
dc.subject	BROKERS
dc.subject	CAPITAL MARKETS
dc.subject	CATASTROPHE RISK FINANCING
dc.subject	CATASTROPHIC EVENTS
dc.subject	CATASTROPHIC INSURANCE
dc.subject	CATASTROPHIC RISKS
dc.subject	CLIMATE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	COINSURANCE
dc.subject	COMMERCIAL INSURANCE
dc.subject	CONTINGENT LIABILITY
dc.subject	COOPERATIVES
dc.subject	COST OF CAPITAL
dc.subject	COST OF INSURANCE
dc.subject	COSTS OF INSURANCE
dc.subject	CREDIT INSURANCE
dc.subject	CROP INSURANCE
dc.subject	CROP INSURANCE PREMIUM
dc.subject	CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM
dc.subject	CROP INSURANCE SCHEME
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
dc.subject	DISASTER
dc.subject	DISASTER RISK
dc.subject	DISASTERS
dc.subject	DONOR COMMUNITY
dc.subject	DROUGHT
dc.subject	DROUGHTS
dc.subject	EARTHQUAKE
dc.subject	EARTHQUAKES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC COSTS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC MODELS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC WELFARE
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
dc.subject	EXCHANGE RATES
dc.subject	EXTREME EVENTS
dc.subject	EXTREME WEATHER
dc.subject	EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
dc.subject	FARMER
dc.subject	FEASIBILITY
dc.subject	FINANCIAL CHALLENGES
dc.subject	FINANCIAL COMPENSATION
dc.subject	FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL LOSS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	FINANCIAL MARKETS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL MECHANISM
dc.subject	FINANCIAL MECHANISMS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	FINANCIAL RISK
dc.subject	FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	FINANCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject	FINANCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subject	FIRE
dc.subject	FLOOD
dc.subject	FLOODS
dc.subject	FUTURES
dc.subject	GENERAL INSURANCE
dc.subject	GROSS NATIONAL INCOME
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	HEALTH RISK
dc.subject	HOUSING
dc.subject	HURRICANE
dc.subject	HURRICANES
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INDEMNITIES
dc.subject	INDEMNITY
dc.subject	INDEMNITY INSURANCE
dc.subject	INSURABILITY
dc.subject	INSURABLE INTEREST
dc.subject	INSURANCE AGENTS
dc.subject	INSURANCE BROKER
dc.subject	INSURANCE BROKERS
dc.subject	INSURANCE COMPANIES
dc.subject	INSURANCE COMPANY
dc.subject	INSURANCE CONTRACT
dc.subject	INSURANCE CONTRACTS
dc.subject	INSURANCE COVERAGE
dc.subject	INSURANCE CULTURE
dc.subject	INSURANCE EXPERTS
dc.subject	INSURANCE GUARANTEE
dc.subject	INSURANCE MARKET
dc.subject	INSURANCE MARKETS
dc.subject	INSURANCE POLICY
dc.subject	INSURANCE POOLS
dc.subject	INSURANCE PREMIUM
dc.subject	INSURANCE PREMIUM RATES
dc.subject	INSURANCE PREMIUMS
dc.subject	INSURANCE PRODUCT
dc.subject	INSURANCE PRODUCTS
dc.subject	INSURANCE SCHEMES
dc.subject	INSURANCE SECTOR
dc.subject	INSURANCE SOLUTIONS
dc.subject	INSURERS
dc.subject	INTEREST RATES
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL REINSURANCE
dc.subject	LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject	LIFE INSURANCE
dc.subject	LIFE INSURANCE PREMIUMS
dc.subject	LIVESTOCK INSURANCE
dc.subject	LOSS RATIO
dc.subject	MARKET FAILURE
dc.subject	MORAL HAZARD
dc.subject	MULTIPLE PERIL CROP INSURANCE
dc.subject	NATURAL DISASTER
dc.subject	NATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subject	NON-BANK
dc.subject	NONLIFE INSURANCE
dc.subject	OUTBREAKS
dc.subject	POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject	PORTFOLIO
dc.subject	PRICE RISK
dc.subject	PRICE VOLATILITY
dc.subject	PRIMARY INSURER
dc.subject	PRIVATE INSURANCE
dc.subject	PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES
dc.subject	PROGRAMS
dc.subject	PROPERTY INSURANCE
dc.subject	PUBLIC INSURANCE
dc.subject	RATES
dc.subject	RE INSURANCE
dc.subject	REDUCING POVERTY
dc.subject	REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	REINSURANCE AGREEMENT
dc.subject	REINSURANCE CAPACITY
dc.subject	REINSURANCE COMPANIES
dc.subject	REINSURANCE CONTRACT
dc.subject	REINSURANCE MARKETS
dc.subject	REINSURER
dc.subject	REINSURERS
dc.subject	RELIEF
dc.subject	RESERVES
dc.subject	RISK ASSESSMENT
dc.subject	RISK AVERSION
dc.subject	RISK EXPOSURE
dc.subject	RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	RISK MANAGEMENT POLICIES
dc.subject	RISK MITIGATION
dc.subject	RISK PROFILES
dc.subject	RISK REDUCTION
dc.subject	RISK TRANSFER
dc.subject	SAFETY
dc.subject	SAVINGS
dc.subject	SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	SOLVENCY
dc.subject	STORM
dc.subject	SUBSISTENCE FARMERS
dc.subject	SUSTAINABILITY
dc.subject	TOTAL COST
dc.subject	TRANSACTIONS COSTS
dc.subject	TREATY REINSURANCE
dc.subject	UNCERTAINTIES
dc.subject	UNDERWRITING
dc.subject	WEATHER INSURANCE
dc.title	Government Support to Agricultural Insurance : Challenges and Options for Developing Countries
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication