World prices for staple foods increased between 2006 and 2008, and accelerated sharply in 2008. Initial analysis indicated that the adverse effects of higher food prices in Uganda were likely to be small because of the diversity of its staple foods, high level of food self-sufficiency, and weak...

Changes in health care delivery and financing, along with shifting demographics, are reinventing health care institutions and market relationships in New York and throughout the United States. Many communities are struggling to provide health care services in ways that protect community economic...