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Import Wheat Tenders and the Effects of the Russian Invasion

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Risk and volatility for many commodities escalated sharply following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, creating numerous uncertainties for trading firms and importers. The purpose of this study is to analyze the bidding behavior in Egyptian wheat import tenders in the pre‐ and post‐invasion periods.
William W. Wilson, Sumadhur Shakya, Isaac Dubovoy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Public Policy Reforms

International Journal of Technology-Enhanced Education
Governments are duty-bound to carry out public policy reforms in a bid to address specific public concerns, needs, and social interests, and stir their economies on sustainable development trajectories. This is done following their constitutional mandates.
Cleophas Gwakwara, Eric Blanco Niyitunga
openaire   +1 more source

Testing the Marketing Performance of German Wheat Farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyses the marketing performance of wheat farmers in Germany. Wheat sales data from 465 individual farms over a 12‐year period are used to test against different market benchmarks. Market benchmarks are constructed by simulating passive trading agents using regional wheat prices.
Franziska Potts, Jens‐Peter Loy
wiley   +1 more source

Social reforms of the public sector in Russia: a course for commercialization

RUDN Journal of Economics, 2014
Developing the theme of modern public sector reforms in Russia (reform of natural monopolies, local government reforms and budget reforms), the author [1] gives an estimation of the results of social reforms in health and education of recent decades. The
E V Ponomarenko
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Future directions for Public Health Education reforms in India

Frontiers in Public Health, 2014
Health systems globally are experiencing a shortage of competent public health professionals. Public health education across developing countries is stretched by capacity generation and maintaining an adequate ‘standard’ and ‘quality’ of their graduate ...
Sanjay P Zodpey, Himanshu eNegandhi, Rajiv eYeravdekar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Labour and product market competition in a small open economy, Simulation results using a DGE model of the Finnish economy [PDF]

Using the DGE model of the Finnish Economy (the ‘Aino’ model), we study the response of the economy to reforms in both labour and product markets. The reforms are two-fold.
Kilponen, Juha, Ripatti , Antti
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Does ESG Matter for Unlisted Companies in the Agri‐Food Industry? Evidence From Japan's Unlisted Agri‐Food Companies

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While ESG (environmental, social, and governance) is emphasized among listed companies for their stakeholders and ESG disclosures, ESG engagement among unlisted companies has been rarely examined due to data limitations. This is particularly problematic for the agri‐food industry that has significant impacts on the environment and consists ...
Ying Wang, Satoru Shimokawa
wiley   +1 more source

Developing Innovative Payment Approaches: Finding the Path to High Performance [PDF]

, 2010
Discusses issues in facilitating, under the 2010 health reform law, initiatives to identify, develop, implement, and monitor payment and delivery system reforms to improve quality and control costs while supporting the fiscal integrity of public ...
Heather Drake, Stuart Guterman
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U.S. Consumer Preferences for Cage‐Free Eggs and Hen Housing Policies

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farm animal welfare (FAW) continues to be a divisive issue in the egg industry. In the United States, 10 states and most major retailers have implemented policies or voluntary pledges to transition to 100% cage‐free egg sales. We use best‐worst scaling and discrete choice experiments to evaluate U.S.
Vincenzina Caputo, Aaron J. Staples, Jayson L. Lusk, Glynn T. Tonsor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transforming Governance in Armenia: From Soviet Legacy to Strategic Reform

Journal of Political Science: Bulletin of Yerevan University
This article analyzes the evolution of institutional reforms in the public administration system of the Republic of Armenia since its independence in 1991.
Marina Margaryan
doaj   +1 more source