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DESCRIPTION:Maxwell African Scholars Union Presents: Extending Index Based 
 Livestock Insurance in Kenya by John McPeakThis paper describes the approa
 ch taken to designing and extending index based livestock insurance. We co
 ntrast a game we developed that people from communities in Kenya played to
  extend insurance in 2008 with the version of the game played in 2009. The
  game was designed to illustrate key elements of the insurance product tha
 t became commercially available in 2010. Patterns of game play are analyze
 d. A monitoring and evaluation survey in 2010 asked questions about respon
 dent’s knowledge of the insurance product. Wecontrast the level of knowled
 ge of the insurance product for people who reported they learned about ins
 urance from the game compared to other methods. A tentative assessment of 
 the cost effectiveness of the extension game is presented.
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SUMMARY:Maxwell African Scholars Union presents: John McPeak
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Maxwell African Scholars Union Presents: Exten
 ding Index Based Livestock Insurance in Kenya by John McPeak<br><br>This p
 aper describes the approach taken to designing and extending index based l
 ivestock insurance. We contrast a game we developed that people from commu
 nities in Kenya played to extend insurance in 2008 with the version of the
  game played in 2009. The game was designed to illustrate key elements of 
 the insurance product that became commercially available in 2010. Patterns
  of game play are analyzed. A monitoring and evaluation survey in 2010 ask
 ed questions about respondent’s knowledge of the insurance product. We<br>
 contrast the level of knowledge of the insurance product for people who re
 ported they learned about insurance from the game compared to other method
 s. A tentative assessment of the cost effectiveness of the extension game 
 is presented.<br><br>
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