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Articles by: McCord, M. (71 items)

Facilitating an Appropriate Regulatory and Supervisory Environment for Microinsurance (Microinsurance Note #8) (2008)
The role of the supervisor in microinsurance
Visions of the Future of Microinsurance, and Thoughts on Getting There (Microinsurance Note #9) (2008)
Innovations to deliver microinsurance products to large numbers of low-income people
Product Development - Making Microinsurance Products Successful (Microinsurance Note #4) (2007)
This note outlines the main steps in microinsurance product development.
How Is Microinsurance Delivered? (Microinsurance Note #2) (2006)
Delivery channels in microinsurance.
Microinsurance Pre-Feasibility Study - Albania (2004)
What are the factors that affect the feasibility of offering a microinsurance product in Albania?
Kitovu Patients Pre-Payment Scheme: Notes from a Visit 27-28 June 2002 (2002)
Managing pre-paid health-insurance schemes - A case study from Kenya.
MEDIPLUS Health Services – Nairobi, Kenya: Notes from a Visit 05-08 July 2002 (2002)
Managing the provision of health insurance to the low-income market
Microcare Ltd. Health Plan (Uganda) Notes from a visit 17-21 June 2002 (2002)
Technical advice on microinsurance to MFIs providing microinsurance.
MicroInsurance Centre Briefing Note #6: Financial Risk Management Tools for the Poor (2003)
Making successful microinsurance a reality
Microinsurance Pre-Feasibility Study - Georgia (2004)
Can a microinsurance product be offered in Georgia? A look at factors that affect feasibility
International Centre for Development and Research (CIDR-Uganda) Community Based Health Prepayment Programme, Luweero, Uganda - Notes from a Visit 24-25 June 2002 (2002)
Examining the success of a mutual-based insurance program in Uganda
Community Health Plan (CHeaP Kenya) - Notes from a Visit 1st and 2nd July 2002 (2002)
A case of comprehensive health care in Kenya
The Landscape of Microinsurance in the World's 100 Poorest Countries (2007)
This report identifies and assesses microinsurance products, insurers, delivery channels, regulations, social security schemes, and donor interventions.
What is Needed for Microinsurance Success? (2005)
Presentation at KfW/ISSSG regional symposium on microinsurance, June 28-29, 2005, Tbilisi, Georgia.
What is the Environment for Microinsurance in Georgia, and How Can It Be Improved? (2005)
Presentation at KfW/ISSSG regional symposium on microinsurance, June 28-29, 2005, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Institutional and Organizational Structures for MicroInsurance Provision (2000)
This paper highlights different microinsurance models, benefits and challenges while implementation
The Potential Market for Insurance Among Poor Households (2000)
What are the key challenges in the demand for and the provision of insurance to poor households?
How to Capture the Insurance Market in Developing Countries: MFIs as Delivery Channels (2006)
There is no abstract available for this document at present.
Making Partnerships Work in Microinsurance: Lessons and Challenges (2006)
Birds eye view on and lessons from existing structures of microinsurance
Microinsurance Pre-Feasibility Study - Romania (2006)
A growing middle class and accession to EU membership sets up the microinsurance market in Romania
Partnerships: Microfinance Institutions and Commercial Partners (Microinsurance Note #3) (2007)
This note emphasizes the potential of the partner-agent model for expanding microinsurance access among low-income clients.
Microinsurance: Providing Profitable Risk Management Options for the Low-Income Market (2005)
Presentation at financial sector development conference "New Partnerships for Innovation in Microfinance", June 23-24, 2005, Frankfurt.
What is Microinsurance? (Microinsurance Note #1) (2006)
This note explores the new models of insurance developed for low-income communities.
Microinsurance and Disasters: Steps to Take to Mitigate Risk Next Time (2005)
Microinsurance: Steps for efficient product design
Microinsurance Demand & Market Prospects – Indonesia (2006)
This study examines the potential demand for microinsurance in Indonesia.
Microinsurance Demand & Market Prospects: Lao People’s Democratic Republic (2005)
Healthy financial intermediaries with strong portfolios are needed to develop a robust microinsurance market in Lao PDR
Microinsurance: A Risk Management Strategy (2003)
What is the importance of microinsurance for the poor?
Credit with Education Impact Review No. 2: Economic Capacity and Security (2002)
How has Freedom from Hunger’s Credit with Education Program helped improve the economic capacity and security of the poor?
Credit with Education Impact Review No. 1: Women's Empowerment (2001)
Has Freedom from Hunger’s Credit with Education program actually helped empower its women clients?
An Update on the Lessons Learned from the Working Group on Microinsurance (2005)
The dos and don’ts of Microinsurance
MicroInsurance Centre Briefing Note # 5: Lessons from Health Care Financing Programmes in East Africa (2003)
Learnings for the microinsurance sector
AIG Uganda (CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance Good and Bad Practices Case Study No. 9) (2005)
What lessons has AIG Uganda learned in developing and providing an insurance product for an MFI's clients?
Delta Life: Bangladesh (CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance Good and Bad Practices Case Study No. 7) (2005)
What lessons has Delta Life learned in providing insurance products?
CARD MBA: The Philippines (CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance Good and Bad Practices Case Study No. 4) (2004)
Should the insurance business be run by insurance professionals?
Lessons from Pilot Testing Financial Services: The Experience of MicroSave (2003)
The “how” and “why” of pilot-testing financial services and products
Lessons from MicroSave's Action Research Programme (2002) (2003)
What has MicroSave learnt from its Action Research Programme with its partners?
Lessons from MicroSave's Action Research Programme (2001) (2002)
What has been the progress made by MicroSave under its action research program in 2001?
Microinsurance: An Introduction (2004)
Understanding the advantages of micro insurance
Microinsurance: Options for Support - Uganda - Albania - Georgia (2004)
How feasible are micro insurance intervention programs?
MicroSave Briefing Note # 10: Lessons from MicroSave’s Action Research Programme 2001 (2002)
What has MicroSave learnt about product development processes?
MicroSave Briefing Note # 9: Key Questions That Should Precede New Product Development (2001)
What are the issues that need to be addressed before starting product development?
MicroSave Briefing Note # 4: Enhancing Responsiveness to Clients through the Feedback Loop (2002)
MicroSave Briefing Note # 4: What do we do with all this client data?
Expert Comments on Microinsurance (2004)
MicroInsurance Centre Briefing Note # 4: An Example of Systematic New Product Development for Life Microinsurance (2003)
Encouraging innovation in new product development by adopting a systematic approach
Poverty Africa Health Programme - Health MicroInsurance: Notes from a Visit July 2002 (2002)
How to create and operate a healthy health insurance portfolio?
Reducing Vulnerability: The Supply of Health Microinsurance in East Africa (2003)
Can suppliers sustainably cater to the microinsurance market?
Reducing Vulnerability: Demand for and Supply of Microinsurance in East Africa (2003)
The business of insuring the poor
Microinsurance: A Risk Management Strategy (Donor Brief No. 16) (2003)
What can donors do to promote microinsurance?
Glossary of Microinsurance Terms (2003)
10 page microinsurance glossary containing approximately 110 terms and concepts ranging from "acquisition costs" to "waiting period".
Glossaire des termes de micro-assurance (2003)
Ce glossaire est un extrait de la traduction franaise du document
"Making Insurance Work for Microfinance Institutions.
A Technical Guide to Developing and Delivering Microinsurance" - ILO,
2003, pp 223-232.
Making Insurance Work for Microfinance Institutions (2003)
A technical guide to developing and delivering microinsurance
Fundamentals of Accounting for Microcredit Programs (1994)
Can basic knowledge of accounting help in the financial management of microcredit programs?
Financial Management Ratios I: Analyzing Profitability in Microcredit Programs (1995)
How can the use of ratios help financial managers?
Financial Management Ratios II: Analyzing for Quality and Soundness in Microcredit Programs (1995)
How can financial ratios be used to assess risks and future potential of a financial institution?
Microinsurance Virtual Conference - Week 1 Summary Paper (2000)
Summary of initial issues and challenges of microinsurance
Microinsurance Virtual Conference - Week 2 Summary (2000)
Summary of best models for insurance provision to the poorest
Summary of Discussions: USAID MBP Virtual Conference on Microinsurance (2000)
Where are we in microinsurance? Where do we go now?
Health Care Microinsurance - Case Studies from Uganda, Tanzania, India and Cambodia (2000)
What are appropriate microinsurance models?
In their Own Words: FINCA Uganda Case Study (2000)
Is achieving profitability and sustainability based on volume and cost control?
GEMINI in a Nutshell II: Abstracts of Selected Publications (1995)
There is no abstract available for this document at present.
Microinsurance: A Case Study of an Example of the Provider Model of Microinsurance Provision - GRET Cambodia (2001)
Is the “provider model” an effective method of insurance for the rural poor?
Microinsurance Virtual Conference - Week 1 Briefing Paper (2000)
What are initial issues and challenges of microinsurance?
Microinsurance Virtual Conference - Week 2 Briefing Paper (2000)
What is the best model for insurance provision to the poorest?
MicroInsurance Centre Policy Statement: MFIs and Microinsurance (2001)
Addressing donor and institutional issues in microinsurance
Microinsurance in Uganda: A Case Study of an Example of the Partner-Agent Model of Microinsurance Provision - AIG/FINCA Uganda - Group Personal Accident Insurance (2000)
Making insurance work for microfinance institutions
Microinsurance: A Case Study of an Example of the Mutual Model of Microinsurance Provision - UMASIDA (2000)
How not to run mutual model of micro finance?
Tooolkit for Planning, Conducting and Monitoring Pilot Tests - Loan Products (2001)
The ultimate accessory fot pilot testing
Microinsurance: A Case Study of an Example of the Full Service Model of Microinsurance Provision Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) (2001)
What are the four models used by organisations for providing micro insurance?
The Feedback Loop: A Process for Enhancing Responsiveness to Clients (2002)
What do we do with all this client data?
Microinsurance in Uganda: A Case Study of an Example of the Partner-Agent Model of Microinsurance Provision - NHHP/FINCA Uganda - Health Care Financing Plan (2000)
Does the partner-agent model of insurance reduce risk for the microfinance institution?
Looking Before You Leap: Key Questions That Should Precede Starting New Product Development (2001)
Can product development make microfinance institutions more client-driven?

Articles by: Buczkowski, G (1 items)

CARD MBA: The Philippines (CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance Good and Bad Practices Case Study No. 4) (2004)
Should the insurance business be run by insurance professionals?
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