[Microinsurancefocus] Micro Insurance Voices: Issue 2 -- January 2009
Dr. Iddo Dror
iddo at mia.org.in
Thu Jan 22 11:35:10 CET 2009
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to share with you the latest Issue of "Micro Insurance
Voices", our quarterly(ish) newsletter.
Apologies for any cross-posting.
Best wishes,
Iddo
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Iddo Dror, PhD
Director of Operations
Micro Insurance Academy
http://www.microinsuranceacademy.org
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Subject: Micro Insurance Voices: Issue 2 -- January 2009
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:01:53 +0530
From: Micro Insurance Academy <mia at mia.org.in>
Reply-To: Micro Insurance Academy <mia at mia.org.in>
To: Friends of the MIA
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January 2009 | Issue 2
*Announcements:*
MIA moves to new office
*We've moved our offices! The MIA is now in East of Kailash, Delhi. *
The MIA is poised for growth and the time came for our team to shift to
a new location that can accommodate more team members and be adapted
more easily to changing operational needs.
We are settling in to our new office space and look forward to the next
chapter of the MIA's history.
Please note our new address, and refer to our Contact page
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to see a detailed access map.
*Micro Insurance Academy*
246 Sant Nagar (2nd floor)
East of Kailash
New Delhi 110065
Telephone: +91 11 4379 9100
*Featured Publications*
*Community Based Micro Health Insurance as an Enabler of Solidarity and
Self-Help amongst Poor Communities*
Iddo Dror: Community Based Micro Health Insurance as an Enabler of
Solidarity and Self-Help amongst Poor Communities Microfinance Focus,
Vol. 2, Iss. 8, September 2008
This article reviews some of the challenges facing micro insurance, such
as affordability, trust, acceptance of the product and process,
asymmetry of information, and sustainability, and offers solutions by
highlighting the various ways in which community based Micro Insurance
Units (MIUs) can serve as a tool for empowerment. The article focuses on
the holistic approach developed by the Micro Insurance Academy toward
improving access of vulnerable communities to micro health insurance
services.
Click here
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for a free copy of this paper.
*A Socio-Economic Profile of the Micro (Health) Insurance Target
Population*
Dror, David M.,A Socio-Economic Profile of the Micro (Health) Insurance
Target Population (December 3, 2008). Asian Insurance Review, pp. 80-81,
December 2008.
This article provides a snapshot review of the Pulse of a Silently
Transforming India. Click here
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*MIA releases new video*
The participant song was composed, sung, and taped by a participant of
an MIA workshop describing her experiences with MIA. Click here
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*In This Issue*...
* Welcome - Editorial <#1>
* Bringing Micro Health Insurance to Orissa <#2>
* Nepal Microinsurance Coalition gets boost from Rockefeller
Foundation and Erasmus University Rotterdam <#3>
* New research on health insurance and the quality of healthcare <#4>
* The MIA conducts an international workshop on how reinsurance can
help protect micro insurance schemes <#5>
* May we introduce... Dr. Meenakshi Gautham, WOTRO/MIA Post-doctoral
Fellow <#6>
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*Welcome - Editorial *
Dear Friends,
Greetings from the Micro Insurance Academy!
Last MIA Group photo in front of our Panchsheel premises before we moved
to East of Kailash (October 2008). With great pleasure we send you this
update on the work of the MIA and its partners in our mission to help
communities manage risks from the ground up... Read More
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*Bringing Micro Health Insurance to Orissa: Madhyam Foundation, AWO
International and MIA sign and seal a new partnership! *
Consortium members during a consultation workshop in Bhubaneswar (July
2008) It is with great excitement that the MIA announces its partnership
with Madhyam Foundation and AWO International to collaborate in
providing responsive, community-based micro health insurance to 100,000
people in three districts of Orissa. Read More
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*Nepal Microinsurance Coalition gets boost from Rockefeller Foundation
and Erasmus University Rotterdam *
Consortium members during a national consultation workshop in Kathmandu
(July 2008) The Rockefeller Foundation has recently decided to provide
funding to Erasmus University Rotterdam / Erasmus MC (EUR/MC) in
partnership with MIA and other partners to introduce microinsurance to
resource-poor communities in Nepal.. Read More
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*New research on health insurance and the quality of healthcare:*
An MIA field investigator at work. While access to health care has
improved in many low income countries, the actual quality of care
remains low. MIA and the Financial Access Initiative (FAI) embark on a
new research project to explore whether insurance can be leveraged to
improve quality of healthcare. Read More
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*Simply Reinsurance: The MIA conducts an international workshop on how
reinsurance can help protect micro insurance schemes:*
Prof. Dr. David Dror, Chairman MIA, address participants of the 2nd
Reinsurance School Reinsurance is new to the world of micro insurance.
Most managers of micro insurance schemes have never dealt with
reinsurance, and consequently do not know from experience what
reinsurance can do for their micro insurance schemes, and why/how this
added degree of financial security is essential for sustainable
operations. Read More
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*"May we Introduce..." Dr. Meenakshi Gautham, WOTRO/MIA Post-doctoral
Fellow.*
Dr. Meenakshi Gautham conducting a Key Informant Interview in
Malkangiri, Orissa In this Issue of Voices we have the privilege and
pleasure of bringing you insights from Dr. Gautham, who speaks of the
Baseline Survey methodology of WOTRO/MIA, the differences in field
locations, local heroes of health, capacity building of local
researchers and more. Read More
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