Learning to Insure the Poor - Microinsurance Report

Our latest publication shows how Allianz SE, one of the largest insurance companies in the world, has learnt to do business with low-income communities in India, Indonesia and several countries in Africa. It also provides background information on the microinsurance market and outlooks by leading experts in the field. An entertaining and enlightening read for anybody interested in microfinance or the role of large corporations in development. You can download the report or order a hard copy.

News

Upcoming event:

01.-02.12.2010 - Practitioners Workshop: Energize the BOP!

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14.07.2010 - The 2010 SEED Awards are now open!

14.07.2010 - Country profiles about CSR in Morocco, Tunesia, Bangladesh and Kenya now available on CSR WeltWeit

09.07.2010 - Every drop makes a difference! - Emergia Associate starts his own social venture to provide the rural poor in India with access to lighting, water and pest control

07.07.2010 - What role can a big German utility play in bringing energy to the people? Emergia conducts scenario workshop to support identifying inclusive business opportunities

06.06.2010 - Emergia director receives research grant by the AusAID for her research project on "Mitigating Capacity"

02.07.2010 - Rules need to take account of existing systems to effectively enable inclusive business models, finds 3rd Expert Dialogue

29.06.2010 - New publication 'Learning to insure the poor' launched by Allianz in Paris

22.06.2010 - Companies need a 'safe space' to share learnings, finds 4th Brown Bag Lunch

01.06.2010 - Emergia directors write about partner selection for inclusive business models

25.05.2010 - Emergia supports building market linkages for smallholder sesame farming in Ethiopia

15.05.2010 - Training manual now available for analyzing sustainable ventures in developing countries

06.05.2010 - Emergia moves into a new home in Berlin Mitte!

13.04.2010 - Call for Papers: oikos and UNDP invite young researchers to apply for the second Young Scholars Development Academy 2010

10.04.2010 - Business in Africa: Spotting pro-poor business opportunities in Kenya

01.04.2010 – Emergia director Genia Kostka teaches on Business in China at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management

19.03.10 - Management of PPPs is challenging but pays off, says GTZ

01.03.10 - Study trip to the townships of South Africa organized by the Confederation of Danish Industry in collaboration with FABCOS

18.01.10 - Shuan writes about the Dynamics of Rural Innovation

01.01.10 - Design with the Poor: Aline Krämer receives Brazilian Management Research Fund Award

12.2009 - Genia Kostka launches two reseach projects with partners in China and India on climate change policies

11.12.09 - PhD students discuss latest research on inclusive business at the oikos UNDP Young Scholars Development Academy 2009

11.12.09 - PlaNetFinance: increased investment accrues to only few micro-finance institutions

04.12.09 - UNDP brokers test tools for inclusive business model development

16.11.09 – Impact of base of the pyramid ventures: The global BoP family meets in Delft

03.11.09 - Emergia launches its primer "Entwicklungsgeschäfte" at the GTZ Haus in Berlin

15.10.09 - Genia Kostka talks about the future of sugar cane at the International Workshop on Sustainable Energy Crops and Biofuels Development in China and Asia 

08.10.09 - Shuan SadreGhazi talks about “Taking Innovations to the Poor” at GLOBELICS in Dakar, Senegal.

06.10.09 - Shuan SadreGhazi talked about promoting pro-poor innovations at the international seminar on "Inclusive Business and Job Creation" at ICEI in Madrid, Spain

06.10.09 - Christina Gradl and Aline Krämer publish an interview with Samuel Shiroff from BSH titled "Favela Cool against Global Warming" in the recent issue of the Environmental & Poverty Times on the company's refrigerator replacement program in Brazil.

17.09.09 - Excerpts from publication "Entwicklungsgeschäfte" published on csr-weltweit.de

17.09.09 - Bertelsmann Stiftung publishes a white paper on tools for strategic CSR

16.09.09 - CSR Experts discuss approaches to aligning CSR and issue management

11.09.09 - First Inclusive Business Brown Bag Lunch: experts discuss quality management and consumer protection in low-income markets

01.08.09 - Follow us on Twitter at Emergia_Inst! We tweet about little-heard news in the inclusive business area with a particular focus on German players.

31.08.09 - Martin Herrndorf teaches on micro-insurances during the Summer School on "Development Policy" at the University of Cologne

13.7.09 - Emergia directors participate in the Kick-off Workshop of the Case Research Programme of UNDP's Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative

09.07.09 - Experts from business, development and academia come together to exchange ideas on how to collaborate with partners in innovation processes for inclusive business models

23.06.09 - Students discuss "What are the challenges and opportunities of micro-insurance?" at the LMU, Munich

09.06.09 - Jianghua Zhou and Genia Kostka present paper on public-private partnerships in China at the Joint Actions on Climate Change, Aalborg, Denmark.