{"id":66,"date":"2013-03-15T19:16:53","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T19:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/nicole-peterson\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2013-03-17T22:21:41","modified_gmt":"2013-03-17T22:21:41","slug":"adaptation-to-climate-change-through-microfinance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/nicole-peterson\/adaptation-to-climate-change-through-microfinance\/","title":{"rendered":"Adaptation to climate change through microfinance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/nicole-peterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/452\/2013\/03\/Picture-008-e1363374756327.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-67 alignleft\" alt=\"Picture 008\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/nicole-peterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/452\/2013\/03\/Picture-008-e1363374756327-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/nicole-peterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/452\/2013\/03\/Picture-008-e1363374756327-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/nicole-peterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/452\/2013\/03\/Picture-008-e1363374756327.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>In 2005, I began working with researchers at Columbia University\u2019s International Research Institute in Climate and Society (IRI) to understand the difficulties of and opportunities for weather-based insurance products. This research has included short research trips to Malawi, Honduras, Guatemala, and Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>As an applied anthropologist on the project, I investigated the interest of the farmers and others in the insurance project, as well as their relationships to the organizations and markets involved. I am continuing to assist with the evaluation of the insurance in Tigray state in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/nicole-peterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/452\/2013\/03\/Picture-022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-68\" alt=\"Picture 022\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/nicole-peterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/452\/2013\/03\/Picture-022-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/nicole-peterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/452\/2013\/03\/Picture-022-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/nicole-peterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/452\/2013\/03\/Picture-022.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Related Publications:<\/p>\n<p>Norton, M., D. Osgood, M. Madajewicz, E. Holthaus, <b>N. Peterson<\/b>, M. Gebremichael, C. Mullally, and T. Teh. Evidence of demand for index insurance: Experimental games and commercial transactions in Ethiopia. Under revision at <i>Journal of Development Studies<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Peterson, N. 2012 Developing climate adaptation: The intersection of climate research and development programmes in index insurance, <i>Development and Change <\/i>43(2): 557-584.<\/p>\n<p>Peterson, N. 2011. Climate Change Adaptation through Micro-Insurance in Ethiopia. <i>CourseReader: Anthropology<\/i>. Detroit: Gale. ISBN-10: 1111769559<\/p>\n<p>Patt, A, <b>Peterson, N<\/b>, Carter, M, Velez, M, Hess, U, Pfaff A, and Suarez, P. 2009. Making index insurance attractive to farmers. <i>Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change<\/i> <i>14<\/i> (8): 737-753. DOI 10.1007\/s11027-009-9196-3<\/p>\n<p>Hellmuth M.E., Osgood D.E., Hess U., Moorhead A. and Bhojwani H. (eds) 2009. <i>Index insurance and climate risk: Prospects for development and disaster management. <\/i>Climate and Society No. 2<i>. <\/i>International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Columbia University, New York, USA. (contributing author)<\/p>\n<p>Broad, K., Bolson,J., Clement, A., Balstad, R., Marx, S., <b>Peterson, N<\/b>., Ramirez, I. 2007. Climate and Human Health: Physics, Policy and Possibilities. <i>Oceans and Human Health:<\/i> <i>Risks and Remedies from the Sea, <\/i>Eds.<i> <\/i>Walsh, P.J., S.L. Smith, L.E. Fleming, H. Solo-Gabriele, W.H. Gerwick. Elsevier Science Publishers, New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2005, I began working with researchers at Columbia University\u2019s International Research Institute in Climate and Society (IRI) to understand the difficulties of and opportunities for weather-based insurance products. This research has included short research trips to Malawi, Honduras, Guatemala, and Ethiopia. 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