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Protecting the Poor - a Microinsurance Compendium
Munich Re
Foundation
From Knowledge to Action
International
Labour
Office
Geneva

Protecting the poor
A microinsurance compendium
Edited by
Craig Churchill

Protecting the poor
A microinsurance compendium

Protecting the poor
A microinsurance compendium
Edited by
Craig Churchill

Munich Re
Foundation
From Knowledge to Action
International
Labour
Office
Geneva

International Labour Office, CH-1211 Geneva,
Switzerland
www.ilo.org in association with
Munich Re Foundation
80791 München,
Germany
www.munichre-foundation.org
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© International Labour Organization 2006
First published 2006
ISBN 978-92-2-119254-1 (ILO)
Munich Re Foundation order number
302-05140
Cover photo: M. Crozet, ILO
Printed in Germany

ILO Cataloguing in Publication Data: microinsurance, life insurance, health insurance, low income, developing countries. 11.02.3
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