THE PROS AND CONS OF PRODUCTION AND MARKETING CONTRACTS

Farm Management,

Give Me Shelter: Responding to Milwaukee County's affordable housing challenges

Few issues better capture the complex and controversial nature of urban problems facing Metropolitan Milwaukee than the issue of affordable housing. Encompassing matters of racial segregation, poverty and failed public-private partnerships, the Milwaukee metro area's struggle to provide a safe, decent and affordable supply of housing to low-income citizens has been a difficult one. Even before the national economic meltdown, countless reports documented the severe housing burden facing low-income citizens in Milwaukee County. That burden, combined with the scarcity of affordable housing in suburban parts of southeast Wisconsin, has cemented the region's place as one of the most racially segregated in the country. In today's economy, those problems have intensified

Research requirements to reduce maintenance costs of civil helicopters

The maintenance problems faced by the operators of civil helicopters that result in high costs are documented. Existing technology that can be applied to reduce maintenance costs and research that should be carried out were identified. Good design practice and application of existing technology were described as having a significant impact on reducing maintenance costs immediately. The research and development that have potential for long range reduction of maintenance costs are presented

Review of agricultural production systems in eastern Africa in relation to food and nutrition security and climate change

The goal of this paper is to provide a unified resource for Eritrea, Djibouti, Somaliland, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania. For each country the review covers the topics of livestock production systems and agroecological zones, food and nutrition security, climate change, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate-smart agriculture (CSA) with a focus on the role of, or impact on, livestock systems. Each of these topics is broad and many excellent studies and reviews have been produced covering these topics either at the country level or for the entire East Africa region. It is the goal of this paper to provide an accessible introduction to these topics and to direct readers to the resources that exist for gathering detailed information on livestock production, food nutrition and security, climate change, GHG emissions and climate-smart livestock production in each country

Challenges in the use of information technology in processing health information in resource limited settings: a comprehensive systematic review

The use of information technology in processing and utilising health information has significant health care outcomes. Its use in the assessment, diagnosis and management of health problems through access to relevant health information is crucial. The aim of this review was to identify the use of information technology in processing and utilising health information in low resource settings. A comprehensive systematic review focusing on resource limited settings was conducted. The review identified the following challenges in the use of information technology in resource limited settings: lack of health information system and networking; limited knowledge and skills; lack of information users’ participation; unavailability of standardised health indicators and poor quality information processing. Combining manual and technology assisted information processing system in less resource settings is essential in transforming and promoting the utilisation of health information. The capacity development training, involvement of community professional nurses and midwives in the design and development of health information system for processing and utilisation, and creating an enabling environment could help overcome the challenges in the use of information technology in low resource settings.Department of HE and Training approved lis

Effet peso : présentation théorique et application à la politique monétaire

URL des Documents de travail :http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/cesdp/CESFramDP2007.htmDocuments de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne 2007.12 - ISSN : 1955-611XThis article deals with the theoretical implications implied by the presence of Peso effects in expectations. After presenting the Peso effect as the probability of occurence of an unusual event though important enough to be taken into account in the forecasts, we present a model able to isolate the systematic expectation error. The appearance of this error comes especially from imperfect information concerning the future states as well as the current regime. This uncertainty about the current regime leads the agents to implement a learning process for the model. In the last part of this article, we show how a credible central bank can limit the occurrence of Peso effects.Cet article traite des implications théoriques liées à la présence d'un effet Peso pour les anticipations. Après avoir présenté l'effet Peso comme la probabilité d'apparition d'un évènement rare mais suffisamment important pour être pris en compte dans les prévisions, nous présentons un modèle permettant d'isoler l'erreur de prévision systématique. La manifestation de cette erreur systématique provient en particulier d'une information imparfaite concernant les états futurs ainsi que pour le régime courant. Cette incertitude du régime courant amène les agents à mettre en oeuvre un processus d'apprentissage du modèle. Dans la dernière partie de cet article, nous précisons comment une banque centrale crédible peut limiter l'apparition d'effets Peso