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Helicopter on a luxury boat during the Monaco Yacht Show in 2018.

Relevant reading

American journalist sheds light on plutocrats’ anxieties

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by Hans Dembowski
Hospital in Tanzania, 2021.

Social protection

Financing health systems for informal workers

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by Markus Loewe
Markus Loewe
Staff of agricultural insurer Pula update details of a farmer in Kenya, 2021.

Digitalisation

Marketing digital microinsurance

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by Dirk Reinhard
Farmers need protection against climate risks: Harvesting rice in Bangladesh.

Finance

Inclusive insurance for everyone

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by Dirk Reinhard
A pastoralist stands among goats and sheep that presumably died of exposure to extreme weather in Kenya, 2022.

Informal sector

Social protection for everyone

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by Markus Loewe
Markus Loewe
Poor infrastructure makes accidents more likely – overturned truck in Uganda in late 2020.

Road safety

High death risk on African roads

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by Ben Ezeamalu
Ben Ezeamalu
Fewer people can afford “boda boda” rides on commercial motorcycles.

Inflation

Ugandan government sees inflation as external shock

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by Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Garment workers in a factory in Dhaka.

Garments production

Clothing must get more value again

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Drought in Chimanimani in eastern Zimbabwe: The region is severely affected by climate change.

World Risk Index 2021

Small island states and Africa are particularly vulnerable

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by Monika Hellstern
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