The BRICS Group, a club of nations with the goal of tilting the international order away from the West, has invited six countries to join and make it an unhappy family of eleven. We previously noted the shortcomings of the original BRICS and the new cousins have similar genetic defects: Argentina: Has been fiscally irresponsible and so focused on redistribution that it overlooked the importance of productivity gains. Egypt: Perennial autocratic military regime with corruption and other misdeeds keeping a third of the population in adject poverty. Ethiopia: Domestic violence so concerning that the U.S. is providing temporary protected status for its refugees. Food is a problem too. Iran: A theocratic regime that operates outs...
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From WPI Consulting
Forecasting developments in production agriculture
On behalf of a private U.S. agricultural technology provider, WPI’s team generated an econometric model to forecast the movement of concentrated corn production north and west from the traditional U.S. Corn Belt. WPI’s model has subsequently provided quantitative support to a multi-million-dollar investment into short-season corn variety development. WPI’s methodology included a series of interviews with regional grain elevators and seed consultants. Emphasizing outreach and communication with stakeholders who possess intimate sectoral knowledge – on-the-ground insights – is a regular component of WPI’s methodologies, made possible by WPI’s ever-growing network of industry contacts.