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Journals & Publications
Relief Web – November 27 2015 Impact Assessment: African Risk Capacity (ARC) University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership – July 2015 Insurance regulation for sustainable… Read More »
News archives
UNFCCC’s CoP21 Devex – December 21, 2015 Africa: $150 million for climate-related disaster risk insurance Artemis – December 17 2015 ARC gets $150m in support… Read More »
Outbreaks & Epidemics
How to tackle the funding gap for public health emergencies in Africa: piloting an innovative financing mechanism for outbreaks and epidemics The Problem: A single… Read More »
Africa RiskView: Customisation
In order to minimize basis risk – the technical term used to describe the potential mismatch between ARC payouts and country needs – the Secretariat… Read More »
Africa RiskView: Methodology
The Africa RiskView models and software products are offered to countries working with the ARC Agency. Its models have been designed to be adapted and customised… Read More »
Africa RiskView: Introduction
The first step to establishing a facility such as ARC is understanding — in dollar terms — Africa’s weather-related food security risk. As the technical… Read More »
Food Security & Risk Management
In January 2012, the ARC commissioned a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to examine the economic advantages and disadvantages of establishing a risk pooling facility as an… Read More »
Risk Pool II – 2015/2016
Risk pool II, which covers the 2015/2016 rainfall seasons, consists of: Kenya Mauritania Niger Senegal The Gambia Mali Malawi These countries made history by becoming… Read More »
Risk Pool I – 2014/2015
The inaugural risk pool, which covered the 2014/2015 rainfall seasons, consisted of: Kenya Mauritania Niger Senegal These countries made history by becoming the first African… Read More »