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updated December 24, 2009
| 15 January On the Economics of Index Insurance |
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| 8:45-9:30 | Searching for a New Ending to the Same Old Story on Risk and Poverty: The I4 Agenda | Carter, Heron, Matul & Sarris |
| Session 2. Risk, Insurance and Poverty Reduction Chair: Lena Heron |
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| 9:30-11:00 | The Performance of Index Based Livestock Insurance: Ex Ante Assessment In The Presence of a Poverty Trap [Presentation] |
Chris Barrett, Presenter Luc Christiaensen, Discussion Leader |
| 11:00-11:15 | BREAK | |
| 11:15-12:00 | The Economics of Linking Credit with Insurance | Carter & Sarris, Presenters
Jo Swinnen, Discussion Leader |
| 12:00-1:00 | LUNCH | |
| Session 3. Assessing and Insuring Risks Chair: Alexander Sarris |
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| 1:00-2:30 | Hybrid Contract Design | Stefan Dercon, Presenter Jean-Louis Arcand, Discussion Leader |
| 2:30-2:45 | BREAK | |
| Session 4. Demand for 'Arm's Length' Contracts On the Margins of the Market Economy Chair: Michael Carter |
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| 2:45-4:15 | Barriers to Household Risk Managment: Evidence from India | Xavier Gine, Presenter Jean-Philippe Platteau, Discussion Leader |
| 4:15-5:45 | Dynamic Field Experiments: Risk Valuation in Morroco, Kenya and Peru | Travis Lybbert, Presenter Craig McIntosh, Discussion Leader |
| 16 January From Theory to Practice |
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| 9-10:30 | Session 5. Roundtable on Lessons from the Design and Implementation of Index Insurance Pilots Michal Matul, Moderator Ruth Vargas-Hill, Commentator |
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| Peru Cotton Project: Challenges of Demand for Individual Insurance | Stephen Boucher | |
| Intelligent Design of Index Insurance Contracts: Insuraed Credit for Mali Cotton Farmers | Catherine Guirkinger | |
| A role for microinsurance in community-based climate change adaptation | Marjorie Victor | |
| 10:30-10:45 | BREAK | |
| 10:45-12:30 | Session 6. Roundtable on Using Agricultural Insurance to Expand Rural Credit and Saving Services Lena Heron, Moderator Alain de Janvry, Commentator |
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| Equity Bank, Kenya | Esther Muiruri | |
| MicroEnsure | Shadreck Mapfuma | |
| Nyala Insurance, Ethiopia | Eyob Eherete | |
| Latin America | Mark Wenner [TBC] | |
| CIRM, India | Rupalee Ruchismita | |
| 12:30-2:00 | LUNCH | |
| Session 7. Impact Evaluation of Insurance Pilots Craig McIntosh, Moderator |
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| 2:00-3:30 | The Challenge of Impact Evaluation for Agricultural Insurance Interventions | Steve Boucher, Presenter Dean Yang, Discussion Leader |
| 3:30-3:45 | BREAK | |
| 3:45-4:30 | Session 8. Priorities for the I4 Research Agenda and Call for Proposals Carter, Heron, Magumi, & Sarris |
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