This paper studies the development of indigenous insurance institutions set up to help cover the high costs of funerals, using evidence from rural areas in Tanzania and Ethiopia. Many of these institutions tend to co-exist within the same community and are based on well-defined rules and regulations, often offering premium-based insurance for funeral expenses, as well as, in many cases, other forms of insurance and credit to help address hardship. The paper argues that the characteristics and inclusiveness of these institutions make them well placed as models to broaden insurance provision and other development activities in these communities. In Ethiopia, there is some encouraging experience with using these institutions, as reviewed in th...
Community-Based Health Insurance Schemes (CBHIs) have flourished all over the developing world. CBHI...
This paper explores the ways in which burial societies mitigate the risks associated with funerals t...
This article provides experimental support for the hypothesis that insurance can be a motive for rel...
This paper studies the development of indigenous insurance institutions set up to help cover the hig...
A funeral is a costly occasion. This paper studies indigenous insurance institutions developed to co...
A funeral is a costly occasion. This paper studies indigenous insurance institutions developed to co...
A funeral is a costly occasion. This paper studies indigenous insurance institutions developed to co...
A funeral is a costly occasion. This paper studies indigenous insurance institutions developed to co...
Indigenous insurance associations are a prevalent form of membership based organisations of the poor...
In the absence of formal insurance services, smallholder farmers are devoid of effective ways of ma...
Funeral insurance has existed at least since antiquity, and it remains popular in many parts of Afri...
This paper provides experimental support for the hypothesis that insurance can be a motive for relig...
Abstract: In response to funeral expenses, which drastically affect household consumption, many fami...
This paper examines the impact of AIDS on the Funeral Industry in Southeastern Africa. It first pre...
The AIDS crisis in Africa and elsewhere compels us to design appropriate assistance policies for hou...
Community-Based Health Insurance Schemes (CBHIs) have flourished all over the developing world. CBHI...
This paper explores the ways in which burial societies mitigate the risks associated with funerals t...
This article provides experimental support for the hypothesis that insurance can be a motive for rel...
This paper studies the development of indigenous insurance institutions set up to help cover the hig...
A funeral is a costly occasion. This paper studies indigenous insurance institutions developed to co...
A funeral is a costly occasion. This paper studies indigenous insurance institutions developed to co...
A funeral is a costly occasion. This paper studies indigenous insurance institutions developed to co...
A funeral is a costly occasion. This paper studies indigenous insurance institutions developed to co...
Indigenous insurance associations are a prevalent form of membership based organisations of the poor...
In the absence of formal insurance services, smallholder farmers are devoid of effective ways of ma...
Funeral insurance has existed at least since antiquity, and it remains popular in many parts of Afri...
This paper provides experimental support for the hypothesis that insurance can be a motive for relig...
Abstract: In response to funeral expenses, which drastically affect household consumption, many fami...
This paper examines the impact of AIDS on the Funeral Industry in Southeastern Africa. It first pre...
The AIDS crisis in Africa and elsewhere compels us to design appropriate assistance policies for hou...
Community-Based Health Insurance Schemes (CBHIs) have flourished all over the developing world. CBHI...
This paper explores the ways in which burial societies mitigate the risks associated with funerals t...
This article provides experimental support for the hypothesis that insurance can be a motive for rel...