Impacts of risk aversion on whole-farm management in Syria

This article reports on a study of the impact of risk on farm management practices in northern Syria, focusing particularly on how these are affected by risk aversion and farm size. The study is based on production data from an eight-year field trial and on prices from market surveys. A large linear programming model is built, representing the eight years as observations from a discrete probability distribution. Risk aversion is modelled by inclusion of a utility function with constant relative risk aversion, represented using the DEMP/UEP approach.     

The Ranchers' Choice Cooperative: What Happened?

This case considers a "new generation" value-added cooperative in southern Colorado that marketed kosher and natural beef and lamb products until a fire in the processing plant halted operations. The case profiles the history and strategy of the Ranchers' Choice Cooperative and illustrates the challenges of transforming a good idea into a profitable one.     

Some specifics on the loss of professional personnel from the Commonwealth Caribbean

The present study is concerned with migration from the Commonwealth Caribbean to the United States. The focus is on the migration of professionals, or the brain drain.     

Health and development∗

The linkage between development and health is clearly spelt out in the definition of primary health care by the World Health Organisation. There is a widespread and growing disillusionment with the traditional Western approach to health care which fails to meet the real demands of the Third World situation.

This paper looks briefly at conditions in the developing world and the strategy proposed by the W H O to attempt to meet the objective of health for all by the year 2000 and refers to the South African situation.     

Industry Investment Analysis of Activities of Russian Telecommunications Companies

The paper has proposed an algorithm for the industry investment analysis based on the study of the generalized financial indicators of the telecommunications industry. The analysis has made it possible to evaluate key macroeconomic indicators of the economic activity of the industry, to comparatively evaluate the efficiency of its individual companies, and to determine their investment attractiveness.