"The authors examine the performance of the crop insurance scheme in Karnataka, a southern state of India and the …

India, is technically sound and appropriate in the context of India. The NAIS is based on an indexed approach, where average … insurance will have been prohibitively expensive, or even impossible, in a country such as India with so many small and marginal …

At the request of Government of India (GOI), the World Bank has provided technical assistance to the public insurance … company, Agriculture Insurance Company of India (AICI) to develop an actuarially sound rating methodology and improve the … economy factors and the underlying fragile economics of agriculture. The inherent risks in agriculture in India with its high …

Twenty-two of India's 31 states are regarded as particularly prone to natural disasters: 55% of its land is vulnerable … to earthquake, 8% is vulnerable to cyclone, and 5% is vulnerable to flood. In light of India's vulnerability to growing … detailed review of India's catastrophe exposures. The goal of this project was to examine loss potentials from rapid onset …

study. A second volume provides more detailed discussion on the Government of India Sugar Policy (Annex A), development …

study. A second volume provides more detailed discussion on the Government of India Sugar Policy (Annex A), development …