finance a funeral. Compares and evaluates four types of funeral insurance providers: formal assistance insurers, formal … draws lessons for the formal insurance sector. …

by microfinance institutions and presents the results of a survey of the use of insurance by SMEs and the perceived risks …Presents an overview of the South African insurance industry and examines the extent to which for-profit insurance …

Based on a survey of 275 clients of a microfinance institution (MFI) in Lusaka. Analyses the economic stresses to which …

Examines strategies microfinance institutions can use to help mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS on the institution …

Presents findings of field work on life, health and cattle insurance. …

that a rigid contract is optimal when the audit cost is larger than gains from insurance. Our analysis explains rigid … borrowers' burden of respecting the rigid repayment schedules by providing them with partial insurance. However, the same … insurance can be provided by borrowers themselves under individual liability through a side-contract. …

. Ongoing activities include Islamic banking, sukuk issuances (to finance infrastructure projects), Takaful (insurance), and … microfinance. While not yet significant in most Sub-Saharan countries, several features make Islamic finance instruments relevant …

short cases to indicate how a social problem was addressed by a social innovation by entrepreneurial actions by microfinance …