It has been suggested that poor people lose from any food price increase engendered by inappropriate policies. In particular, protectionist policies impel an increase in the cost of living, which ultimately hurt the small farm households. Through estimation of household price elasticity of...

Due to tight fiscal budget, health care planners have started to explore alternative financing mechanisms. These alternatives can be effectively implemented given thorough understanding of mechanisms that direct household demand for health care. This paper investigates the factors of...

Government intervention is required to mitigate the pervasive market failures in the agriculture sector. However, government policies and interventions have been motivated by concerns other than the goal of long-term efficiency. The main focus of this paper is to analyze government’s policy...