The Australian Parliament has passed legislation compelling tobacco products to be sold in “plain packaging”. This paper reviews this legislation and its likely effects on prices, market structure in the tobacco industry and on smoking behaviour. Industry changes following two previous sets...

Malnutrition remains a major development problem in the world today. It causes retardation in weight and height, poor performance in intelligence test, as well as learning and adaptive behaviour. Using a linear progamming model, the authors explore the malnutrition problem in Bangladesh and...