http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Wed, 22 May 2013 16:33:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/11/poor-ethiopian-farmers-receive-unprecedented-insurance-payout/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/11/poor-ethiopian-farmers-receive-unprecedented-insurance-payout/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:49:59 +0000 Francesco Fiondella http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32862 Thanks to a groundbreaking new program that relies on advanced satellite technology, a weather index insurance payout of unprecedented scale will benefit poor African farmers.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/11/poor-ethiopian-farmers-receive-unprecedented-insurance-payout/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/29/breaking-the-poverty-trap-in-ethiopia-subsistence-satellites-and-some-other-important-stuff/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/29/breaking-the-poverty-trap-in-ethiopia-subsistence-satellites-and-some-other-important-stuff/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:30:45 +0000 Brian Kahn http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=29879 Two acres of cracked earth. In northern Ethiopia, it can be a trap that keeps farmers tethered to it for generations. Or it can be a springboard to a better life for this and future generations. What impedes it from showing its springier qualities? You could argue the biggest pressure on the land comes from the sky above it.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/29/breaking-the-poverty-trap-in-ethiopia-subsistence-satellites-and-some-other-important-stuff/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/02/insuring-against-drought/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/02/insuring-against-drought/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:20:47 +0000 Francesco Fiondella http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=17190 Research economist Dan Osgood discusses index insurance and how it is helping some poor rural communities reduce hardships caused by drought in East Africa.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/02/insuring-against-drought/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/11/09/economics-of-climate-change-example-from-ethiopia/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/11/09/economics-of-climate-change-example-from-ethiopia/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:14:02 +0000 Eric Holthaus http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/climate/?p=1176 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/11/09/economics-of-climate-change-example-from-ethiopia/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/06/23/new-report-reducing-risks-with-index-insurance/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/06/23/new-report-reducing-risks-with-index-insurance/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:26:53 +0000 Francesco Fiondella http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/climate/?p=886 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/06/23/new-report-reducing-risks-with-index-insurance/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2008/12/24/using-insurance-in-adaptation-efforts/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2008/12/24/using-insurance-in-adaptation-efforts/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:28:06 +0000 Francesco Fiondella http://climate.columbia.edu/blog/?p=122 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2008/12/24/using-insurance-in-adaptation-efforts/feed/ 2