m.p.vasimalai, executive director, dhan foundation 18, pillaiyar koil street, s.s.colony,
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Building Social Security as a Strategy of Financial Inclusion: A Case Study of DHAN Foundation, India April 20, 2009. M.P.Vasimalai, Executive Director, DHAN Foundation 18, Pillaiyar Koil Street, S.S.Colony, Madurai – 625 010, INDIA E.mail: [email protected]. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Building Social Security as a Strategy of Financial Inclusion:
A Case Study of DHAN Foundation, India
April 20, 2009
M.P.Vasimalai, Executive Director, DHAN Foundation
18, Pillaiyar Koil Street, S.S.Colony, Madurai – 625 010, INDIA
E.mail: [email protected]
1. Basic Development Philosophy in Building Social Security
1.1 Organising the unorganised:
Building social capital as an effective demand stream
Ensuring entitlement of poorBuilding viable relationship with mainstreamMandating development agenda for
mainstream at grassroots
Four Generation Concept: A long term Perspective
• Social Intermediation : 3 – 5 years
• Financial Intermediation : 3 – 5 years
• Business (Livelihood)
Intermediation : 3 – 5 years
• Civic Inter mediation : 3 – 5 years
1.2 Building Partnership: Development Collaboration from the Start
• Utilising mainstream resources
• A new way of working: Community at the
centre
• Role evolution and devolution of different
stakeholders
Role Evolution & Devolution of Development Partners
S. No.
PhasesSHG/
PeopleNGO
Bankers/Insurance
Companies
1. Pre-formation ObserverExplorer initiator
On looker
2. FormationPassive participant
Promoter & Facilitator
Observer
3. Stabilization - I Passive owner Coach Experimenter
Role Evolution & Devolution of Development Partners (cntd…)
S.No.
PhasesSHG/
PeopleNGO Bankers
4. Stabilizatiaon - II Active ownerResource person
Finance
5. Growth Manager Advisor Collaborator
6.Expansion and Diversification
Self-propeller Nurturer of diversification areas
Collaborator & Financial advisor
1.3 High Quality Committed professionals at Grassroots
• Generate Alternatives to liberate from poverty
• Shift Roles and enabling community
• Giving back to the society: makes ‘others life’
meaningful
1.3 High Quality Committed professionals at Grassroots (cntd…)
Graduated mentoring
Explorer
Learner
Contributor
Leader
1.4 Mothering Development Innovations: Value Addition
Thematic focus Community Banking
Water Security
Revitalizing Agriculture
Development Education
IT with poor
Local Management
Institutions for Upscaling
Graduating project to programme and to Institution
Need for catalyzing institutions
• People Mutuals
• Kalanjiam Development Financial Services
• Sustainable Health Care Advancement
• Market Linkage
1.5 Method of Facilitating Development Intervention
Community Organizing
Intermediating Technology (Programmes)
Mobilising Mainstream Resources
for Development
2. Enabling Micro Finance for Social Security
2.1 Primary Purposes of Self-Help Groups:
Community Banking
Insulates Investment Credit
• Savings First to build their ‘equity’ to ‘own’ and
to establish their ‘rights’
Separate line of credit for consumption
(Food security and Emergencies
Regulates ‘cash flow’ of a family
Converts ‘cold money’ to ‘hot money’
Institutionalizes informal savings, Credit and
Insurances
Reduces ‘Transaction cost’ significantly
2.2 Nested People Mutual Institutions for Social Security
Primary Groups 15-20 poor members (Self Help Group)
Cluster Development Association (20 – 30 group)
at local Government level
Federation of SHGs (200 groups)
social security
Banks
Insurance Companies
People Mutual: Catalyzing
Social Security
Sustainable Health care
advancement
2.3 Graduation Steps for Poverty Reduction
Category Asset base Working Capital Emergencies
1. Survival Nil Nil 50 - 200
2. Subsistance Partial assetsRs.1000 to 2000
(15 to 30)100 - 200
3. Self EmployedAdequate assets
Rs.5000 – 10000
(80 – 160) 500 - 700
4. Entrepreneurship Surplus assets>Rs._ 50000
(800 – 1000) 5000
CategoryIncome
Surplus / Deficit
Social Security products
State support
1. (Just) married 2-5 yearsMarginal surplus
Life, health Partial 50%
2. Children (up to 20 years) DeficitLife, health activity
Partial 50%
3. Employed children (up to 5 to 10 years)
High surplusLife, health activity
Partial
4. Marriage of children (5 – 10 years)
Mostly deficitLife, health activity
Partial
5. Old age phase
50 – 55 years onwardsHigh deficit Pension Nearly 50%
3. Evolution of People Mutual for Social Security: A Good Practice of South – North Partnership
3.1 Building on the social capital
A long term commitment for partnership: Oxfam
Novib and DHAN Foundation
• Nearly two decades
Add on services with micro finance
Integration with savings
3.2 Partnership Support for ‘mutual’ evaluation
Pilot projects of community and DHAN
Role of Oxfam Novib
Role of Rabobank foundation
Role of Eureka-Re
Role of MIAN Volunteers
Significant individuals contribution
3.3 Partnership
• Second phase of partnership
• Technical missions
• Resource Institution
Amount in millionsProducts and product development
Insurers People covered
Insured amount
Premium amount
Partnership with mainstream
Life
LIC
Private insurers
Other public sector insurers
247720
155349
19149
16327
1963
522
24.00
6.00
0.71
Health
NIC 49940 92 2.50
Livestock
NIC, UII 7324 73 3.00
Sub total 479482 18977 36.21
Mutual insurances
Life
Health
Crop
Livestock
69482
49940
1042
206
604
125
2
3
2.30
3.00
0.30
0.10
Sub total 120670 734 5.70
Total insurance coverage 599886 19711 41.91
3.5. Technical Missions
S.No. Mission and Team Focus
1 July 2004 by
Mr.Arend Stolk
Ms.Annette Houtekamer Van Dam
Conceptualising the approach and activities of People Mutuals Negotiation with insurance providers Product design workshop
2 November 2004 by
Ms.Annette Houtekamer Van Dam
Mr.Michael Berende
Mr.Simon Kadijk
Product development Software Capacity building on insurance principles
3 March 2005 by
Ms.Annette Houtekamer Van Dam Mr.Michael Berende
Mr.Simon Kadijk
Progress evaluation of mutual insurance programme Negotiation with insurance providers on crop and health insurances Software Advanced level training on technicalities of insurance
1.Technical Missions Cond…
S.No. Mission and Team Focus
4 September 2005 by
Ms.Annette Houtekamer Van Dam Mr.Michael Berende
Mr.Simon Kadijk
Knowledge building workshop among mutual insurance practitioners of Asia, which gave birth to ASKMICapacity building of professionals on mutual insurance principles, practices, financials, solvency and reinsuranceTechnical training manual
5 February 2006 by
Ms.Annette Houtekamer Van Dam Mr.Simon Kadijk
Technical workshop cum training on insuranceSolvency building and sustainability of mutuals
6 September 2006 by
Ms.Annette Houtekamer Van Dam Mr.Simon Kadijk
Mr.Willem de Jager
Technical training on financial management, solvency building and auditingTechnical training manual updationCrop insurance policy seminarMutual crop insuranceNurturing phase of People Mutuals since December 2006
1.Technical Missions Cond…
S.No. Mission and Team Focus
7 October 2007 by
Ms.Annette Houtekamer Van Dam
Mr.Simon Kadijk
Mr.Willem de Jager
Mutual health insuranceCapacity building on cash pooling, solvency building and standards for mutualTraining mutualMutual insurance software
8 September 2008 by
Ms.Annette Houtekamer Van Dam
Mr.Simon Kadijk
Mr.Willem de Jager
Capacity building on accrual accounting, cash pooling and internal audit systemsVirtual training programme on insurance Studies and documentationSoftware for health mutualsTraining cum workshop on crop insuranceTraining cum workshop on health insuranceKnowledge cum design workshop on micro pension
Four Aspects of Social Security
• Adequacy
• Timely
• Control
Administration
Affordability
Availability Access
3.5 Role of State, Market and Community Mutuals Co-operations
StateCommunity
MutualsMarket
AvailabilityState products
Experimentation: Incremental products
Product development
AccessEnabling policies
Insurance literacy for retention
Beyond mandated reach: generation
Affordability Subsidy Self productsScale with cost effectiveness
Administration Facilitation Local managementInterface with larger system and re insurance
3.7 State ProductsLife : Unorganised sectors and solatium
Health : Central and State Government
Maternity : Nutritional support for pregnant and
lactating mothers
Marriages : Girl marriages
Education : Scholarship and girl child education
Physically
challenged : Mobility and care support
Old age Pension : State Government offers with
central Govt. support
4. Opportunities and Challenges
4.2 Climate adaptation: Disaster Risk Reduction
New product development: Pilots
Capacity Building
Research studies and policy advocacy
Networking & networks
4.1 Basic Research
Risks and vulnerability study of different
geographical contexts
Risks and vulnerability of different livelihood
activities
Health Risks and vulnerabilities
Institutional Risks of Micro finance
Savings and credit risks
4.3 Upcaling of Social Security Initiatives
Partnership for upscaling
Catalysing Institutions
Mainstream Institutions
Resource Institution for the sector
Sharing and guiding similar initiatives in Asian and
African Countries
Savings First
Credit Next
Insurance the Best
Thank You