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Index Insurance and Poverty Reduction

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The IRI and Swiss Re are jointly hosting a high-level policy roundtable on the use of index insurance for poverty reduction at this year's Global Humanitarian Forum in Geneva. The roundtable, which takes place on June 24, will include leaders from fields as diverse as reinsurance, climate science, economics and food security, in an effort to gain insight on how index insurance can best serve today's development needs.
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Recent news and publications...

Forecasting the impacts of climate variability: lessons from the rainfed corn market in Ceara, Brazil. (Environment and Development Economics) view

Assessing Predictability of Cotton Yields in the Southeastern United States Based on Regional Atmospheric Circulation and Surface Temperatures (Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology)  view

Seasonal Forecasts, Climatic Change and Human Health (book) view


Upcoming events and seminars...

July 16, 2008: IRI Seminar: Climate, Forecast and Impacts Briefing. view

July 18, 2008: A Scientist's Guide to Talking With the Media. Richard Hayes, author of the book by the same title, and Media Director at the Union of Concerned Scientists, empowers researchers to deal with the press. view

July 23, 2008: IRI Seminar: "An Assessment of the CFS Real-time Forecast," by Wanqui Wang, Climate Prediction Center, NCEP/NOAA. view


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