|
CARE
is a private organisation which provides consultancy and research services
in area of regional, resource and business economics.
We
are an alliance of three individuals who share a common focus and interest
in the development of rural Australia. This alliance brings a diverse
range of skills and experience to bear on particular project
Key
areas of expertise:
-
Compilation
of state and regional input-output tables for NSW;
-
Regional
economic analysis, including the socio-economic analysis of regional economies,
developing views about the future, regional economic strategy development
and economic impact assessment;
-
Industry
strategy and development planning in a value-chain structure;
-
Whole farm
business and risk analysis including business taxation modelling;
-
Infrastructure
development planning;
-
Rural business
financial and risk analysis including the integration of the biological
and economic aspects of farming systems and farm forestry; and
- Training
programs in regional development, farm and business management and analytical
methods.
The
CARE Team:
Dr
Roy Powell - Executive Chairman, B. Commerce (Hons), Melbourne
1965, Dip. Ed., Melbourne 1966, Ph.D., University of New England (1976):
A leading
professional in the field of regional development and the use of input-output
methods in Australia, past Chairman of the New England-North West Region
Development Board, involved in the preparation of regional input-output
tables for many regions in Australia and an innovator in their application
to regional problems including infrastructure planning and impacts, linkage
to transport analysis, structural change, special events (e.g drought
and price changes), in preparing regional development strategies and monitoring
development change in regional economies.
David
Thompson - Principal, B. Rural Science (Hons) University of New
England 1987, Masters of Economics, University of New England 1989.
David Thompson
has been responsible for developing analytical software tools for assessing
the impacts of risk and management decisions on rural business performance.
In addition, he has worked in the areas of opportunities development and
feasibility studies in agriculture and performs a project management role
for CARE. More recently, he has been involved in financial modelling for
non-farm businesses and is developing whole-farm models to explore the
feasibility of farm forestry options. He is also currently involved in
building detailed taxation models for farm businesses and bioeconomic
models to assess rabbit control options. He also runs a part-time business
in the tourism industry.
Linden
Chalmers - B. Ag. Economics, University of New England 1988, Masters
of Economics, University of New England, 1994.
For the
past 10 years, Linden has worked closely with Roy Powell on the development
of a range of regional input-output tables for Australia and on the application
of those tables. The work has involved the development of input-output
models for various regions and years (a list is available), and the analysis
of the economic impact of various industries, policy changes, other changes
eg. drought, on regional economies. These tables have also been used to
analyse regional economic structure and change. This analysis of structure
and change has been applied to a wide variety of industries and has focused
on numerous regions.
|