Needs Assessment of Non‐Profit Milk Banks

Cuba's human breast milk banks.

The Changing Statistical Needs of Central Banks

It is a pleasure to speak to you today about central banking and statistics, and particularly to see such a large gathering of statisticians, including from central banks, here in Sydney. It will be interesting to see whether there is a statistically signifi cant impact on economic activity in the Sydney region as a result of your conference. I suppose that will depend on whether your rate and ...

assessment of the efficiency of s.p.g.c refineries using network dea

data envelopment analysis (dea) is a powerful tool for measuring relative efficiency of organizational units referred to as decision making units (dmus). in most cases dmus have network structures with internal linking activities. traditional dea models, however, consider dmus as black boxes with no regard to their linking activities and therefore do not provide decision makers with the reasons...

Needs Assessment of Leisure Needs of Male and Female Members of Student Organization in Tehran

Measuring leisure needs is an essential step in planning educational development. Educational needs are one of the educational system's foundations that underlie the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the systems. This study was conducted through survey on a sample of 400 students [200 girls (Farzanegan) and 200 boys (Pishtazan)] from elementary school (fourth and fifth grades), guidan...

Measuring Performance of Banks: An Assessment

Adequate performance of financial institutions is of crucial importance to their customers. Prices and quality of their products are determined by efficiency and competition. Since efficiency and competition cannot be observed directly, various indirect measures in the form of simple indicators or complex models have been devised and used both in theory and in practice. This article demonstrate...