Iowa Division of Persons with Disabilities Annual Report, 2003

Agency Annual Report

Iowa Division of Persons with Disabilities Annual Report, 2002

Agency Annual Report

A-1A Supplemental Security Income Program, August 2004

Monthly report about supplemental income produced by the Iowa Department of Human Services.

Iowa Division of Persons with Disabilities Annual Report, 2004

Annual report from Iowa Division of Persons with Disabilities

The equity core and the Lorenz-maximal allocations in the equal division core

In this paper, we characterize the non-emptiness of the equity core (Selten, 1978) and provide a method, easy to implement, for computing the Lorenz-maximal allocations in the equal division core (Dutta-Ray, 1991). Both results are based on a geometrical decomposition of the equity core as a finite union of polyhedrons. Keywords: Cooperative game, equity core, equal division core, Lorenz domination. JEL classification: C71

A-1A Supplemental Security Income Program, September 2004

Supplemental Security Income Program

A-1A Supplemental Security Income Program, October 2004

Supplemental Security Income Program

A-1A Supplemental Security Income Program, November 2004

Supplemental Security Income Program

Food security, food safety and small farmers

Some of the elements that characterize the globalization of food and agriculture are industrialization and intensification of agriculture and liberalization of agricultural markets, that favours elongation of the food chain and homogenization of food habits (nutrition transition), among other impacts. As a result, the probability of food contamination has increased with the distance and the number of “hands" that may contact the food (critical points); the nutritional quality of food has been reduced because of increased transport and longer periods of time from collection to consumption; and the number of food-related diseases due to changes in eating patterns has increased. In this context, there exist different agencies and regulations intended to ensure food safety at different levels, e.g. at the international level, Codex Alimentarius develops standards and regulations for the marketing of food in a global market. Although governments determine the legal framework, the food industry manages the safety of their products, and thus, develops its own standards for their marketing, such as the Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) programs. The participation of the private sector in the creation of regulatory standards strengthens the free trade of food products, favouring mostly large agribusiness companies. These standards are in most cases unattainable for small producers and food safety regulations are favouring removal of the peasantry and increase concentration and control in the food system by industrial actors. Particularly women, who traditionally have been in charge of the artisanal transformation process, can be more affected by these norms than men. In this project I am analysing the impcact of food safety norms over small farms, based on the case of artisanal production made by women in Spain.

The Security Blanket, December 2001, Vol.1, no.4

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The Security Blanket, April/May 2002, Issue 8

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The Security Blanket, June/July 2002, Vol.1, no.9

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