News
February 2017
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Annual report
ILO Impact Insurance Facility takes innovative approach to reduce uninsured risks
27 February 2017
How an ILO programme adds significant value to enterprises and gives hope to some 4 billion low-income people still excluded from appropriate insurance products throughout the world.
March 2015
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Women entrepreneurs
From market seller to managing director in Côte d’Ivoire
16 March 2015
ILO News talks to a young Ivorian woman who in a few years went from selling goods at local markets to being a successful entrepreneur whose dreams reach beyond the Ivory Coast.
February 2015
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ILO research project
How microfinance develops decent work
17 February 2015
An ILO research project shows how microfinance moves small enterprises out of the informal economy and into profit.
July 2014
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Multilateral cooperation
ILO and World Bank Group to enhance access to index insurance in rural areas in Africa and Asia
24 July 2014
The International Labour Office’s Microinsurance Innovation Facility (the Facility) and World Bank Group Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF) launch a dynamic partnership to better manage knowledge on agriculture index insurance.
March 2014
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Microinsurance
New ILO Report highlights growing value and viability of microinsurance
14 March 2014
January 2014
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Gender equality
A quiet revolution: Women in Bangladesh
29 January 2014
Women in Bangladesh have made major strides over the past decades, putting the South Asian country at the forefront among the least-developed countries in addressing gender disparity.
October 2012
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Microinsurance
The win-win potential of microinsurance for migrants
29 October 2012
International migrants send home over US$ 400 billion a year, yet they and their families often lack basic social protection. That is where microinsurance can step in.
April 2012
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News
Microinsurance coverage expanding at breathtaking pace according to ILO and the Munich Re Foundation
10 April 2012
The number of people covered by microinsurance has increased by almost 6.5 times in five years, reaching nearly 500 million today according to the latest ILO/Munich Re Foundation survey.
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Video interview
An interview with ILO's Craig Churchill on the expansion of Microinsurance coverage
10 April 2012
Access to microinsurance services has increased to the point where nearly 500 million low-income people have access today. ILO TV interviews Craig Churchill, Team Leader of the ILO's Microinsurance Innovation Facility and Chair of the Microinsurance Network about the "Microinsurance Compendium, Protecting the Poor", co-published by the ILO and the Munich Re Foundation. Mr. Churchill describes why microinsurance plays a key role for low-income people to help them cope with risks and large losses. He also explains the reason for its success in Asia.
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Feature
Making public-private partnerships work for better insurance coverage
10 April 2012
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and has seen more than its share of both natural and man-made disasters. In a country like Haiti, microfinance not only helps to create jobs and income, but becomes a relief and survival strategy after disaster. Sarah Bel, Information Officer for the ILO’s Microinsurance Innovation Facility, reports on how public-private partnerships play an important role to scale up quality and affordable insurance products for low-income workers.