, and makes precise the notion of balance sheet vulnerability. It also sheds some light on the role of asset prices in …

Many existing measures of vulnerability lack a theoretical basis. In this paper we propose to measure vulnerability … strongly on the time horizon considered. We use the model to assess the accuracy of existing regression-based vulnerability …

Most measures of vulnerability are a-theoretic and essentially static. In this paper we use a stochastic Ramsey model … to find a household's optimal welfare and we measure vulnerability as the shortfall from the welfare attained if the … household consumed permanently at the poverty line. The results indicate that vulnerability is very sensitive to the time …

From Decentralisation of Planning to Peoples Planning - Experiences of the Indian States of Kerala and West Bengal by … Charvak, 2000: The Discussion Paper attempts a comparison of the process of decentralisation of planning in the two States …) as well as the KSSP experiment (from Science Popularisation to Local Level Planning) is also given. The study concludes …

the core of the model is the adaptive planning equation. Other equations are presented and discussed as well. The model is …

Managers are often told that formal planning helps. It is useful to examine whether this is good advice. Thus, I … applaud this effort to study marketing planning in New Zealand. Nevertheless, I find it difficult to accept the conclusions … drawn by the authors of “Marketing Planning in New Zealand” (MPNZ). I am concerned with the definition of marketing planning …

fundamental elements for their planning and management. An important matter could be to define the Mediterranean City, not only …

Individuals and organizations have operated for hundreds of years by planning and forecasting in an intuitive manner … those problems. However, informal planning and forecasting are expensive activities; this raises questions about their … superiority over informal planning and forecasting. Furthermore, critics of the formal approach claim that it introduces rigidity …