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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=2><STRONG>Weather index-based insurance: A useful tool? Or an expensive
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A new publication from the </FONT><A href="http://www.ifad.org/ruralfinance/wrmf/index.htm" title=http://www.ifad.org/ruralfinance/wrmf/index.htm><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2 title=http://www.ifad.org/ruralfinance/wrmf/index.htm><EM title=http://www.ifad.org/ruralfinance/wrmf/index.htm>IFAD</EM></FONT></A><EM><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>-</FONT></EM><A href="http://www.wfp.org/disaster-risk-reduction" title=http://www.wfp.org/disaster-risk-reduction><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2 title=http://www.wfp.org/disaster-risk-reduction><EM title=http://www.wfp.org/disaster-risk-reduction>WFP</EM></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><EM> Weather Risk Management Facility (WRMF)</EM> argues
that weather index-based insurance can be effective in helping to manage natural
disaster relief and encourage agricultural development. Learning from 37 index
insurance programmes around the world, <EM>The Potential for Scale and
Sustainability in Weather Index Insurance for Agriculture and Rural
Livelihoods</EM> distills eight key principles for scale and sustainability and
outlines how donors and governments can support such risk management
initiatives. Find out more and download the full publication at </FONT></FONT><A href="http://www.ifad.org/ruralfinance/wrmf/index.htm" title=http://www.ifad.org/ruralfinance/wrmf/index.htm><FONT face=Arial size=2 title=http://www.ifad.org/ruralfinance/wrmf/index.htm>IFAD</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> and </FONT><A href="http://www.wfp.org/disaster-risk-reduction" title=http://www.wfp.org/disaster-risk-reduction><FONT face=Arial size=2 title=http://www.wfp.org/disaster-risk-reduction>WFP</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> online. </FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=2>IFAD-WFP WRMF - Weather
Risk Management Facility <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT face=Arial size=2>Weather risk management tools for agricultural
development and disaster relief</FONT></EM></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=2><SPAN class=103360513-21052010><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face=Arial size=2>IFAD: </FONT><A href="http://www.ifad.org/ruralfinance/wrmf/index.htm" title=http://www.ifad.org/ruralfinance/wrmf/index.htm><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2 title=http://www.ifad.org/ruralfinance/wrmf/index.htm>http://www.ifad.org/ruralfinance/wrmf/index.htm</FONT></A><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=103360513-21052010> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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</FONT><A href="http://www.wfp.org/disaster-risk-reduction"><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>http://www.wfp.org/disaster-risk-reduction</FONT></A></P>
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