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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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Microinsurance that works for women: Making microinsurance programs gender-sensitive
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Led by the Women's World Banking and the Zurich Insurance Company, Briefing Note #2 is intended to generate discussion of a gendered approach to microinsurance. While insurance companies are beginning to design and deliver a variety of products to the poor, the paper focuses primarily on health and life insurance because these two risks typically are reported to exert significant financial pressure on poor women. The authors explore how health and life microinsurance could be designed to more effectively respond to women's needs, and offer practical advice to insurance companies for delivering such schemes. They conclude with a call to action for insurance companies, delivery channels, researchers and donors to make insurance more gender-sensitive, which will serve the dual mission of poverty alleviation and profitability.
PublisherThe ILO's Impact Insurance Facility
Publish Date
AuthorA. Banthia, B. Mathews, M. J. McCord, S. Johnson
LanguageEnglish
Region/CountryGlobal
IB Topics: BoP as customer, Gender
SectorFinancial Services, Health
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Microinsurance that works for women: Making microinsurance programs gender-sensitive
Microinsurance that works for women: Making gender-sensitive microinsurance programs
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Led by the Women's World Banking and the Zurich Insurance Company, Microinsurance Paper #3 is intended to generate discussion of a gendered approach to microinsurance. While insurance companies are beginning to design and deliver a variety of products to the poor, the paper focuses primarily on health and life insurance because these two risks typically are reported to exert significant financial pressure on poor women. The authors explore how health and life microinsurance could be designed to more effectively respond to women's needs, and offer practical advice to insurance companies for delivering such schemes. They conclude with a call to action for insurance companies, delivery channels, researchers and donors to make insurance more gender-sensitive, which will serve the dual mission of poverty alleviation and profitability.

PublisherThe ILO's Impact Insurance Facility
Publish Date
AuthorA. Banthia, B. Mathews, M. J. McCord, S. Johnson
LanguageEnglish
Region/CountryGlobal
IB Topics: BoP as customer, Gender
SectorFinancial Services
No
Microinsurance that works for women: Making gender-sensitive microinsurance programs