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Index Insurance Forum

The Index Insurance Forum, an online knowledge platform for global index-insurance practitioners. 

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Developing Insurance Markets: The Insurance Sector’s Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals

The paper has a twofold purpose. First, to help regulators and insurance policymakers in emerging markets make the case for supporting insurance market development through drawing more attention to…

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Third Party Risk Mitigation and Credit Enhancement

The PPP Agreement is at the center of a PPP, as shown in Typical PPP Project Structure. This agreement allocates projects risks, responsibilities, and rewards between the two signatories—the…

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Pandemics and PPP Contracts

Each of these resources addresses issues which may be arising as PPP contracts come under stress due to the impact of a pandemic, including Covid-19. PPP contracts are uniquely long-term…

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Guarantee and Risk Insurance Products Provided by International Financial Institutions

Visit the section on Risk Mitigation Mechanisms for general information on the topic.Links to Guarantee and Risk Insurance ProductsWorld Bank GroupWorld Bank Group Guarantees MatrixWorld Bank…

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Risk Mitigation Mechanisms

Hedging and Futures ContractsSome financial risks can be shared through financial instruments known as derivatives, futures contracts or hedging. For example, exposure to foreign exchange risk can be…

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Availability and Terms of Insurance

Infrastructure projects carry a number of risks and potential liabilities that are typically covered by insurance. The availability of insurance coverage, and the terms of such coverage, will differ…

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Preparing, Procuring and Implementing Climate-Smart PPPs

While infrastructure, such as roads, hydropower projects and water treatment plants, contributes to a large extent to climate change, infrastructure and its services may also become increasingly…