The potential of index-based livestock insurance toward resilience enhancement: experiments and simulation analysis

• Project/Area Number: 26301021
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Sophia University (2015-2016); Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (2014)
• Principal Investigator: Takahashi Kazushi 上智大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (90450551)
• Research Collaborator: Barrett Christopher B. Cornell University, Professor ; Ikegami Munenobu International Livestock Research Institute, Economist
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥17,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,140,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥8,060,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,860,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥8,840,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,040,000)
• Keywords: マイクロ保険 / 脆弱性 / インパクト評価 / 気候変動 / エチオピア / 経済政策 / アフリカ / インデックス型マイクロ保険 / リスク

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we introduced an innovative index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) in Borana in the southern part of Ethiopia and examined the determinants of the demand for IBLI and its consequence on household welfare via a randomized controlled trial. Based on the parameters obtained from empirical results, we also performed simulation analysis to identify the demand and economic effect of IBLI under various environments .

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] Cornell University(米国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] ILRI(Kenya)
• [Journal Article] Mobile Phone Expansion, Informal Risk Sharing, and Consumption Smoothing: Evidence from Rural Uganda (2017)
  • Author(s): Takahashi, Kazushi
  • Journal Title: Sophia Economic Review Volume: 62 Pages: 1-17
  • NAID: 120006399639
• [Journal Article] Experimental Evidence on the Drivers of Index-Based Livestock Insurance Demand in Southern Ethiopia. (2016)
  • Author(s): Kazushi Takahashi, Munenobu Ikegami, Megan Sheahan, and Christopher B. Barrett
  • Journal Title: World Development Volume: 78 Pages: 324-340
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.10.039
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 開発経済学におけるフィールド実験の潮流 (2015)
  • Author(s): 高橋和志
  • Journal Title: 日本経済セミナー Volume: 6・7月号 Pages: 40-46
  • Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 天候インデックス保険の可能性と課題 (2015)
  • Author(s): 高橋和志
  • Journal Title: アジ研ワールドトレンド Volume: 239 Pages: 16-20
  • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] Index-Based Livestock Insurance, Social Networks, and Informal Risk Sharing: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia (2016)
  • Author(s): Kazushi Takahashi
  • Organizer: 日本経済学会
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学(東京都・新宿区)
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-10
• [Presentation] Index-Based Livestock Insurance, Social Networks, and Informal Risk Sharing: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia (2016)
  • Author(s): Kazushi Takahashi
  • Organizer: GRIPS Development Monthly Seminar
  • Place of Presentation: 政策研究大学院大学(東京都・港区）
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-07
• [Presentation] Index-Based Livestock Insurance, Social Networks, and Informal Risk Sharing: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia (2016)
  • Author(s): Kazushi Takahashi
  • Organizer: 早稲田大学社会経済ネットワーク研究部会
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学(東京都・新宿区)
  • Year and Date: 2016-06-06
• [Presentation] Index-Based Livestock Insurance, Social Networks, and Informal Risk Sharing: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia (2016)
  • Author(s): Kazushi Takahashi
  • Organizer: Tokyo Workshop on International Development
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学(東京都・文京区)
  • Year and Date: 2016-05-23
• [Presentation] Is the demand of the index-based livestock insurance and informal insurance network substitute or complement? (2015)
  • Author(s): Kazushi Takahashi
  • Organizer: Index insurance and policy innovations for arid and semi-arid lands of East Africa
  • Place of Presentation: International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-11
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Unpacking Factors behind the (Low) Uptake of Index-Based Insurance: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Livestock Insurance in Southern Ethiopia (2014)
  • Author(s): 高橋和志
  • Organizer: 日本経済学会
  • Place of Presentation: 西南学院大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-10-11
• [Presentation] Unpacking Factors behind the (Low) Uptake of Index-Based Insurance:Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Livestock Insurance in Southern Ethiopia (2014)
  • Author(s): 高橋和志
  • Organizer: GRIPS Development Monthly Seminar
  • Place of Presentation: 政策研究大学院大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-06-19
• [Book] ILRI Research Brief 73 (2017)
  • Author(s): Takahashi, Kazushi, Munenobu Ikegami, Megan Sheahan, and Christopher B. Barrett
  • Total Pages: 4
  • Publisher: International Livestock Research Institute
• [Book] IDE Discussion Paper 480: Quasi-experimental evidence on the drivers of index-based livestock insurance demand in Southern Ethiopia (2014)
  • Author(s): Kazushi Takahashi, Munenobu Ikegami, Megan Sheahan, Christopher B. Barrett
  • Total Pages: 58
  • Publisher: Institute of Developing Economies
• [Remarks] Economics That Really Matters
  • URL: http://www.econthatmatters.com/2016/03/the-drivers-of-index-based-livestock-insurance-demand-in-southern-ethiopia/