The problem of unemployment in Colombia is very important for a variety of reasons. A large portion of it can be identified as technological unemployment. This kind of unemployment is related to the technological dualism, which exists in the economy. Technological unemployment arises from...

Transition from the planned to the market economy involved profound changesin Ukrainian economy. Before the liberalization of prices in 1992, milk processingin Ukraine was concentrated in regionally distributed large state milk processingfactories. In the meantime, the dairy sector has been...

Insurance policies that trigger on county yield and revenue indexes are expected to be more actuarially fair than policies that trigger on individual farm yield and revenue since individual farm hidden actions and hidden information impacting purchase decisions will be built into insurance...

The evaluation of USAID funded farming systems research projects must play an important role in the design of future projects if one is to build on past experience to improve project performance. The development of an institutional memory is particularly important as FSR is new and still taking...

Farmers face many risks which arise from natural, economic and socio-political environments. Risk sharing institutions like national insurance and credit schemes that help reduce the burden of risk to society are weak in Uasin Gishu county. Private sector insurance products are still in their...