Designed in Davos, Tested in Zimbabwe

摘要

The distance from the snowy peaks of Davos to a corn farm in Zimbabwe isn't measured only in miles: They're centuries apart in economic development. Bridging decades quickly is the impetus behind Blue Marble Microinsurance, a plan to offer crop indemnity insurance to farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Unveiled in 2015 at the World Economic Forum, the initiative to sell small farmers inexpensive policies to reimburse them in the event of a weather disaster was started in November with a pilot involving 335 maize growers in Zimbabwe.