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This database contains a diverse range of more than 2,000 publications about inclusive business and relating topics, such as impact investing, microfinance and market systems approaches. You will find not only reports but also market intelligence, case studies, tools and videos that touch upon of several sectors and regions.

The diverse range of publications in this database all relate to inclusive business - meaning business models that engage base of the pyramid (BoP) consumers, suppliers, entrepreneurs and/or employees in low income and/or emerging markets.

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Weather index-based insurance in a cash crop regulated sector: Ex ante evaluation for cotton producers in Cameroon
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Research Paper #21 assesses the risk mitigation capacity of weather index-based insurance for cotton growers in Northern Cameroon. It finds that weather index-based insurance is associated with huge basis risk and thus has limited potential for income smoothing. The authors use a tractable definition of basis risk to show that calibrating parameters in sub-regions allows to reduce dramatically basis risk and to avoid non negligible balancing out between distinct geographical zones.

PublisherThe ILO's Impact Insurance Facility
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AuthorA. Leblois, B. Sultan, P. Quirion
LanguageEnglish
Region/CountrySub-Saharan Africa
Cameroon
IB Topics: BoP as customer, Environmental Impact
SectorAgriculture or Food, Financial Services
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Weather index-based insurance in a cash crop regulated sector: Ex ante evaluation for cotton producers in Cameroon