The paper provides a methodology which is suitable for the analysis of the socialcost of disease and the benefits and cost of health intervention by integrating public healthanalysis and economics. The approach developed in the paper is applied to food-bornediarrhea in Rwanda. The results...

The main objectives of the study are to illuminate the development of the Common AgriculturalPolicy (CAP) up to the Agenda 2000 reforms, to evaluate the reform decision of June2003, and to show and discuss options for the future development of the CAP.In chapter 2 the objectives of the CAP are...

Neben Mangelernährung augrund fehlender mene an Nährstoffen zählen qualitative Defizite in der menschlichen Ernährung zu den bedeutendsten Risiken für Krankheit und vorzeitigen Tod in Entwicklungsländern. Wichtige qualitative Risikofaktoren sind die Kontamination von Nahrungsmitteln mit...

Der steile Anstieg der Nahrungsmittelpreise hat zu einer allgemeinen Verunsicherung geführt. Nach Ansicht von Joachim von Braun, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, können die Lebensmittelpreise langfristig nur durch eine Steigerung der Produktion stabilisiert werden. Vor...

The paper provides a methodology which is suitable for the analysis of the social cost of disease and the benefits and cost of health intervention by integrating public health analysis and economics. The approach developed in the paper is applied to food-borne diarrhea in Rwanda. The results...

In this paper, the impact of full liberalisation of world cotton markets on Sudan and some selected African countries was estimated. Last version of Agricultural Trade Policy Simulation Model was applied. The results indicate that the liberalisation of cotton markets will lead to an increase in...