| Description |
xiv, 626 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Series |
WIDER studies in development economics |
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Studies in development economics.
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| Contents |
Introduction to The Political Economy of Hunger / Jean Drexe and Amartya Sen -- Food, economics, and entitlemants / Amartya Sen -- Famine Prevention in India / Jean Dreze -- An independent press and anti-hunger strategies: The Indian experience / N. Ram -- The intrafamily distribution of hunger South Asia / Barbara Harriss -- Public policy and basic needs provision: Intervention and achievements in Sri Lanka / Sudhir Anand and S.M. Ravi Kanbur -- The food problems of Bangladesh / S.R. Osmani -- The elimination of endemic poverty in South Asia: Some policy options / Kaushik Basu -- Feeding China: The experience since 1949 / Carl Riskin -- The food crisis in Africa: A comparative structural analysis / Jean-Philippe Platteau -- Famine prevention in Africa: Some experience and lessons |
| Summary |
"The Political Economy of Hunger is the classic analysis of an extraordinary paradox: in a world of food surpluses and satiety, hunger kills millions more people each year than wars or political repression. Now this abridged version, edited by Athar Hussain, puts the most influential essays from the three-volume work within the reach of concerned citizens." "Ranging from Africa to South Asia to China, and written by an international array of authorities, the essays included in this abridgement give the best available analysis of the causes of worldwide hunger and deprivation, and the best hope for effective aid policies in the future."--Jacket |
| Analysis |
Developing countries Food supply |
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Developing countries Food supply |
| Notes |
"This volume consists of ten out of twenty-six papers and the general introduction to the three-volume The Political Economy of Hunger (ed. Drèze and Sen)". _ introduction |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Food supply -- Developing countries.
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Nutrition policy -- Developing countries.
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| Author |
Drèze, Jean.
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Hussain, Athar.
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Sen, Amartya, 1933-
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World Institute for Development Economics Research.
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| LC no. |
94031709 |
| ISBN |
0198288832 paperback acid-free paper |
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9780198288831 paperback acid-free paper |
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