Building the evidence case for scaling up drought risk financing in East Africa

Just over 10 years ago, researchers at the International Livestock Research Institute and their partners launched an ambitious experiment: to provide index based livestock insurance (IBLI) for livestock keepers to help protect them from drought-related asset losses.

Now, thanks to the Drought Index-insurance for Resilience in the Sahel and the Horn Africa project, the experiences, challenges and lessons learned from 10 years of IBLI have been compiled to provide the evidence case to scale up climate risk financing innovations in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development region and beyond.