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The author reflects on how councils need extra discretionary funding to provide crisis support to those who are most vulnerable. She mentions that global disruption caused by the tragic events of the Russian invasion of Ukraine set alongside the need for wider support to the humanitarian response will add further pressure to a challenging situation. She reveals that in mid-2020, around 40 percent of food bank visits were attributed to increased demand resulting from Covid-19.

The article focuses on the five-year economic forecasts in China from 2016-2020. It says that the country ranks 27th out of 136 countries in terms of income inequality and income distribution is highly skewed geographically. It states that Beijing and Shanghai provinces will be almost or with higher $17,000 per capita income level associated with the middle-income trap. It mentions the use of an error-correction model to forecast growth rates for the Chinese emerging and advanced regions.

The article presents the outlook for the economy of Pakistan as of October 2014. Topics discussed include the seven percent average annual gross domestic product (GDP) required by the country to double its per-capita income to approximately $2000, leadership of the country in the pack in the South Asia, and the positive impact of the reforms initiated since 2000.

The article discusses the potential for capacity growth of global airline capacity within each region. It provides an analysis of the utilized scheduled capacity of airlines by region as measured by the available seat miles (ASMs). According to the author, the fewer ASMs per capita there are in a region, the higher its potential for further airline growth.

The author discusses aspects of the expansion debate at World Pork Expo (WPX), a trade show in the U.S. pork industry. Topics include the debate over industry's expansion and its implication in the society, the growth in the swine industry, and the domestic demand for pork real per-capita expenditures (RCPE) in 2015.

The article discusses bookselling in America as of June 2013, focusing on analyses of various types of bookstores such as chain stores and independent booksellers, as well as a chart which ranks all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia in terms of the most bookstores per capita. According to the article, Montana ranks number one based on its 64 bookstores and a statewide population of just over one million people. Vermont's independent booksellers are also mentioned.

The article reports on the rivalry between Sydney, New South Wales and Silicon Valley in California in terms of having technology start-ups. According to research firm Startup Genome, Sydney has been ranked 12th in the world in terms of having the right ecosystem for start-ups. Startup Genome said Sydney has one of the world's highest per capita yields of start-ups. It was said that 4.8 per cent of Australian technology start-ups become successful compared with 8 per cent in Silicon Valley.

The article focuses on the evaluation of peach harvest maturity to ensure the quality of fruits. It is noted that a decline in the national trend for per capita peach consumption means consumers are not satisfied with fruit quality. A penetrometer is used in measuring the puncture pressure to determine flesh firmness. Growers are advised to enhance the maturity parameters they use in growing new solid-red cultivars and sub-acid types.

The article provides data related to trend gap or measure of fiscal sustainability of states and local governments in 2010 including the Pacific states which had the highest trend gap at 1,600 dollars per capita, and the East South Central states which is the lowest at 750 dollars per capita.

The article examines the prospects for U.S. corn producers in 2014. According to Mark Welch, economist at Texas A&M University, the U.S. will lead the way for the world corn market in 2014 with an estimate of 371 kilograms per person in per-capita consumption. Welch adds that buyers and users of corn are becoming less sensitive to price in making their purchasing decisions.

The article reports that according to research, the British lawyers lag behind their lawyers in the developing world when pay is compared to average gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. The Brazilian lawyers had the highest average remuneration of 93,966 pounds. The Chinese lawyers earned 76,986 pounds and Russian lawyers 62,099 pounds.

The article discusses the developments in the energy industry in the U.S., particularly in California. It features the Energy Action Plan that was launched by Cathedral City in California and resulted with a 13.7% per capita energy reduction rate as of early 2013. The partner companies of the city in implementing the plan are Southern California Edison and Honeywell.

The author discusses the mining investment boom in Australia. She states that the boom is over which is evident in the decision of BHP Billiton to cancel its investments in the Olympic Dam mine in Australia and in Port Hedland in Western Australia. She mentions that despite the negative effects of the boom, it also kept Australia out of the financial crisis and made it the sixth-wealthiest nation per capita in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

The article discusses the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) report on the per capita consumption of minerals and non-minerals in the U.S. The report showed that every person in the U.S. consumes 13,923 pounds of aggregates per year, 403 pounds of salt, 512 pounds of cement, 6,439 pounds of coal and 0.15 pounds of uranium. The report also showed that natural gas and petroleum products are high on the per person consumption list of the USGS.

The article focuses on the decrease in the consumption of water in different parts of the U.S. Over the past two decades, per capita consumption has declined from 130 gallons per day to less than 100 gallons per day in Newport News, Virginia. A 2010 study funded by the Denver, Colorado-based Water Research Foundation found that a household in the 2008 billing year used 11,678 gallons less water annually than an identical household did in 1978.

The author discusses the improvement of input-output capability in the U.S. through a technical ability in energy consumption to recycle materials and recirculate unused heat. He states that the division of annual consumption for each year back to 1973 will allow for an efficient comparison of consumption on a per capita basis. The author notes that energy savings soared in 2009 due to the recession which reduced international travel.

The article discusses the findings of the June 2010 report "Public Libraries Survey Fiscal Year 2008" based on an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) survey in the U.S. The report claims a 20 percent per capita growth in the number of library visits and circulation between 1998 and 2008. It was also discovered that half of the library outlets in 16 out of 50 states are in rural areas. Nelson G. Mitchell of the Northwest Regional Library (NRL) says loyalty can be maintained by providing the community with the services it needs.

The study offers information on the study which shows that people who live in poverty are mostly affected by the cataract-induced visual impairments. The study was conducted in three developing countries, which includes Kenya, the Philippines, and Bangladesh, by the authors from the International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. It is inferred that risk of cataract blindness increases as per capita expenditure (PCE) decreases.

The article reports on the plan of China to double its average income of the population in 2010, according to Chinese Vice-Premier Zeng Peiyan. It was noted that China is the fourth biggest economy in the world but with per-capita annual income of roughly 2,000 dollars, ranking it below at least 100 other countries in the world.

Presents a list of the top 12 metropolitan areas in the U.S. with the most apparel stores per capita. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Naples, Florida; San Francisco, California.

Presents a list of the top U.S. cities with the highest per-capita propensity for credit card ownership according to market research firm MapInfo. Anchorage, Alaska; Bend, Oregon; Boise, Idaho.

John J. Dougherty was elected to a second five-year term as general president of the plasterers' and cement masons' union at its 49th international convention August . 16-19 in Las Vegas. Dougherty was first appointed to the top post in 1996. Delegates at the convention also voted to restructure the union's finances, replacing per capita dues with working dues that members will pay only when they are on the job.

Discusses the Australia's economic performance. Golden age for the country; Gross domestic product per capita growth.

Examines the relationship between countries' per capita incomes and investment rates in physical capital. Decrease of savings rate in poor countries; Level of tax rates; Factors influencing the increase on the prices of various items.

The paper presents reply to the article "Employment Growth is Leveling Off," published in the November, 2003 issue of the journal Engineering News-Records. Instead of allowing readers to draw conclusions about the strength of the construction industry versus the strength of construction unions, the mismatched time periods only serve to mislead the reader and allow the data to be misused. Membership numbers reported to the American Federation of Labor (AFL) do not reflect a union's total membership, but instead only reflect the number of U.S. members that a union made per capita payments on to the AFL at a given time.

Reports on the fire department of Kalispell, Montana. Background on a September 1928 article on the progress of fire fighting in Kalispell; Per capita loss incurred by the department in 2002; Components of the department's workforce.