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In 2011, India stood at the crossroads of potentially major health reform. A High Level Expert Group (HLEG) on universal health coverage (UHC), convened by the Indian Planning Commission, proposed major changes in the structure and functioning of the country's health system. This paper presents...
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health literacy, lifestyle diseases and increased access to insurance. The healthcare industry is a significant and … contributed to the rise of health insurance as an alternate method for funding health care. This article attempts a scoping review … of literature on Indian health insurance and the major topics discussed in those articles. Review of the developments and …
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payments and financial literacy, as well as markets for health insurance, crop insurance, agricultural credit, small firm …
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This paper frames the state of mental health policy in India in terms of seven sets of questions, and seeks to provide at least partial answers to these questions, based on a meta-analysis of existing research. Given the complexity of the subject, this paper is meant to serve more as a framing...
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payments and financial literacy, as well as markets for health insurance, crop insurance, agricultural credit, small firm …
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Most countries around the world implement some form of a safety net program for poor households. A widespread concern is that such programs crowd out private-sector jobs. But they could also improve workers' welfare by allowing them to take on more risk, for example through self-employment. This...
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Global diversification of financial institutions, including the insurance sector, has proven beneficial to many … distribution channels. This paper aims to critically evaluate the liberalisation process of India's insurance sector and the impact … it has had on the sector, both life and non-life segments. As India is in the process of opening its insurance sector to …
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insurance product designed to compensate low-income Indian farmers in the event of insufficient rainfall during the primary … purchase the insurance, even though they overwhelmingly cite rainfall variability as their most significant source of risk. We … then conduct a series of randomized field experiments to test theories of why product adoption is so low. Insurance …
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