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来源类型	Article
规范类型	其他
DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2009.10.007
	How do small-holder farmers understand insurance, and how much do they want it? Evidence from Africa.
	Patt A; Suarez P; Hess U
发表日期	2010
出处	Global Environmental Change 20 (1): 153-161
出版年	2010
语种	英语
摘要	Innovative micro-insurance schemes can be one tool to help African small-holder farmers cope with climate variability and change. A critical challenge for implementing such risk transfer programs, however, is helping participants understand how insurance operates, and there is evidence that farmers with a poor understanding of insurance are less likely to use it. One of the proposed tools to help farmers understand insurance is a simulation game through which farmers can gain first-hand experience with a functioning insurance market. This paper reports on the results of experiments in Ethiopia and Malawi, investigating farmers' understanding and the effectiveness of a role-playing game at improving that understanding. Our results suggest a generally poor understanding of basic insurance concepts, and are consistent with past results in suggesting that better understanding correlates with greater willingness to purchase it. Our results also suggest that role-playing games may be an important tool for improving understanding, but that they do not necessarily out-perform more conventional training practices.
主题	Risk and Vulnerability (RAV)
关键词	Climate adaptation Insurance Micro-finance Sustainable development
URL	http://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/9302/
来源智库	International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Austria)
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条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/129181
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Patt A,Suarez P,Hess U. How do small-holder farmers understand insurance, and how much do they want it? Evidence from Africa.. 2010.