On the basis of portfolio selection theory, this paper finds that whole-farm risk must be regarded as a major reason for the low level of credit flow to agriculture in North-western Kazakhstan. A quadratic programming model was used in order (a) to demonstrate the comparatively high overall risk...

Based on a survey of 275 clients of a microfinance institution (MFI) in Lusaka. Analyses the economic stresses to which low-income entrepreneurs are vulnerable, examines their coping strategies and assesses the potential demand for microinsurance and other risk-managing financial services such...

Reviews provisions in ILO standards that refer to finance, the financial sector as a whole, financial isntitutions, financial instruments and policies addressed to the financial sector.

Der Bericht behandelt die Agrarkreditpolitik und Agrarkreditpraxis in der Europäischen Union. Ziel der Studie war es, die Träger, das Volumen und die besonderen Bedingungen sowie die unterschiedlichen Wettbewerbsvoraussetzungen für das Agrarkreditgeschäft in den elf europäischen...

Reviews the literature on the prevalence, causes and consequences of violence and stress in the financial services sector and outlines strategies for the prevention and management of the problem.

Four computerized data systems used in USDA are described, each in one part of a four-part article. The four systems are (1) an official estimates data base for agricultural statistics, (2) a remote access system for firm enterprise data, (3) the Land and Water Resources and Economic Modeling...