Micro-insurance through corporate-NGO partnerships in West Bengal : opportunities and constraints

This Practical Note examines the nascent micro-insurance sector in West Bengal, paying particular attention to the corporate- NGO partnership model for micro-insurance distribution,which has been enabled by India's unique regulatory framework. We challenge the popularconstruction of this model as a 'win - win' for all parties by analysing conflicting understandings of micro-insurance schemes and their purposes by insurance companies, NGOs, and poorvillagers. The article also considers the role of the specific political context of West Bengal inconstricting corporate- NGO micro-insurance

Audit report on the City of West Branch, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2009

Audit report on the City of West Branch, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2009

Cytochrome b haplotype divergences in West European Apodemus

Sequencing of the cytochrome b mitochondrial gene (732 base pairs) in samples of Apodemus sylvaticus from Central Europe (eastern France, Switzerland, southern Germany and western Austria) revealed significant molecular variation not reflected in previous morphological and genetic studies of this species. A comparison with the sequences (150 bp) of 54 specimens available from GenBank (NCBI) showed that two problematic individuals originating from southern Germany have to be assigned to A. fulvipectus, a species not yet known in western Europe. A. sylvaticus specimens (n = 14) sampled north of the Alps exhibited a maximum intraspecific sequence divergence of about 5.1%, whereas the maximum divergence is much Lower in A. flavicollis (1%, n = 5) and in A. alpicola (0.5%, n = 4), although the samples originate from a similar geographic range of about 350 km. We also found a high rate of erroneously assigned specimens in GenBank, which indicates that the discrimination of Apodemus species remains a problem and requires further investigations.

Audit report on the City of West Branch, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2010

Audit report on the City of West Branch, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2010

[Illustration de La navigation du Capitaine Martin Forbischer... régions de West et de Nord-West en l'année 1577] / [Non identifié] ; Martin Forbischer, aut. du texte

Comprend : [Planche dépliante à la fin du livre]. Le portraict des trois sauvages admenez en Angleterre, leurs habits, armes, tentes et bateaux. [Représentation des moeurs et coutumes, costumes traditionnels des habitants du Grand Nord?] [Cote : BNF C104

Burials of the Algonquian, Siouan and Caddoan tribes West of the Mississippi / by David I. Bushnell, jr.

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Understorey vegetation in fresh and Herb-Rich upland forests in South-west Lapland

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Audit report on the City of West Branch, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2011

Audit report on the City of West Branch, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2011

Audit report on City of West Union, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2011

Audit report on City of West Union, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2011