@book{38352ae098004bd086aa621e792eca82,
title = "Escaping Poverty Traps and Unlocking Prosperity in the Face of Climate Risk: Lessons from Index-Based Livestock Insurance",
abstract = "This Element outlines the origins and evolution of an international award-winning development intervention, index-based livestock insurance (IBLI), which scaled from a small pilot project in Kenya to a design that underpins drought risk management products and policies across Africa. General insights are provided on i) the economics of poverty, risk management, and drylands development; ii) the evolving use of modern remote sensing and data science tools in development; iii) the science of scaling; and iv) the value and challenges of integrating research with operational implementation to tackle development and humanitarian challenges in some of the world's poorest regions. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.",
keywords = "drought, index insurance, pastoralism, Africa, research for development",
author = "Nathan Jensen and Fava, {Francesco P.} and Mude, {Andrew G.} and Christopher Barrett and Brenda Wandera-Gache and Anton Vrieling and Masresha Taye and Kazushi Takahashi and Felix Lung and Munenobu Ikegami and Polly Ericksen and Philemon Chelanga and Sommarat Chantarat and Michael Carter and Hassan Bashir and Rupsha Banerjee",
year = "2024",
month = sep,
day = "3",
doi = "10.1017/9781009558280",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-009-55824-2",
series = "Cambridge Elements",
publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
address = "United States",
}