Multidimensional inequality with variable population size

Summary. We study inequality in a context of more than one variable by extending a celebrated result of Hardy, Littlewood and Pölya (1934) to the case of distributions with variable population sizes, whose individuals differ in many characteristics besides income. A new ordering between rectangular matrices, representing such distributions, is provided and characterized by convexity theory.Received: 19 October 2003, Revised: 7 September 2004, JEL Classification Numbers: D31, D63, I31.I am indebted to C. d’Aspremont, V. Dardanoni, G. Koshevoy, K. Mosler and especially J. Weymark and an anonymous referee for many useful comments.     

The take-up of business support by minority ethnic enterprises: The experience of South Asian businesses in England

This research contributes to a greater understanding of minority ethnic business (MEB) needs and practices and helps identify the support needs of minority ethnic firms in relation to existing support provision. The aims are, therefore, to examine the take-up of support by minority ethnic enterprises focusing mainly on the South Asian community with some representation from the African-Caribbean and Korean communities. Fifty minority ethnic businesses across South West London were contacted and semi-structured interviews took place with the owner/owner managers. The findings suggest that policy makers need to appreciate the diversity of MEBs and policies aimed at these businesses should reflect that diversity.     

农业产业化金融支持的国际比较与借鉴

深化农村金融改革与金融创新，切实解决龙头企业与农户资金不足及金融服务缺位等问题，是提高农业产业化运行机制效率的重要保障。本文通过对部分国家（地区）农业产业化发展过程中的金融支持政策与制度的比较，得出相应的启示。     

对金融支持新疆社会主义新农村建设的思考

金融支持对促进社会主义新农村建设起着至关重要的作用,而新疆农村地区普遍存在着金融抑制现象。本文就这一现象产生的原因进行了分析,在此基础上,提出了加大金融支持新疆社会主义新农村建设力度的对策建议。     

An Empirical Study on the Financial Support for the Rural Economic Development in Undeveloped Areas

本文以广西为实证,对金融在地区经济发展中的重要作用、强化欠发达地区农村经济金融支持的紧迫性、广西农村经济发展支持的金融效率等进行了全面深入的分析研究,提出了强化欠发达地区农村经济金融支持的具体思路。     

The Research on Financial Support for the Development of Agricultural Science and Technology： an Empirical Study of Yulin

2012年中央一号文件《关于加快推进农业科技创新持续增强农产品供给保障能力的若干意见》明确要求积极引导和鼓励金融信贷、风险投资等社会资金参与农业科技创新,大幅度增加农业科技投入。为深入了解金融支持农业科技发展情况,通过对玉林市开展的专项调查发现,由于受多种因素制约,银行业金融机构农业科技贷款逐年下降,金融支持农业科技力度亟需提升。     

金融支持农民专业合作组织发展现状、问题及对策——以吉林省通化市为例

随着金融支持农民专业合作组织力度的持续增强,农民专业合作组织迅速发展,从而有效地提高了农民收入、推动了农村经济发展。然而,金融支持与农民专业合作组织发展现状还不能完全相适应,制约了农民专业合作组织进一步向高层次、规格化、专业化、产业化方向的发展。为此,本文以吉林省通化市为例,深入分析金融支持农民专业合作组织发展存在的问题及成因,并提出相关政策建议。     

金融支持新疆文化产业发展的思考

党中央国务院高度重视文化产业发展,努力将文化产业发展成为国民经济支柱产业。金融支持对文化产业的发展,意义重大。本文分析了新形势下金融支持新疆文化产业的必要性和可行性,指出了金融支持文化中存在的困难及问题,并针对问题提出了支持文化产业跨越式发展的对策。     

我国价格支持政策对粮食生产的影响研究

文章利用2004年和2006年稻谷主产地区样本数据,运用倍差分析方法,着重考察了价格支持政策对稻谷生产的影响,研究发现,没有证据表明价格支持政策对稻谷面积扩大带来明显的激励作用,而且还存在较低的成本有效性（有着较大的成本节约的空间）;现存耕地面积、有效灌溉比重和农业劳动力数量会在一定程度上影响稻谷生产。为此,本文提出,要坚定不移地保持耕地面积不减少,加强以农田水利为重点的农业基础设施建设,推进农业社会化服务体系长足发展。     

Facilitating computer-supported meetings: A cumulative analysis in a multiple-criteria task environment

There have been many instances of the ineffective applications of new information technology. This article describes a program of enhancing the effectiveness of a new technology, Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS), through a series of studies which resulted in improvements in the technology itself as well as in how the technology is supported. Our approach emphasizes human facilitation and facilitative features embedded in the GDSS software.