| Description |
xx, 278 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The politics and economics of food and nutrition policies and programs : an interpretation / Alain de Janvry and Shankar Subramanian -- Determinants of food policies : an attempt to understand government behavior / Michel Petit -- The politics of food policy in Sri Lanka : from basic human needs to an increased market orientation / David E. Sahn and Neville Edirisinghe -- The political economy of Colombia's PAN / Tomás Uribe Mosquera -- The political economy of the Food Stamp Program in the United States / Margaret S. Andrews and Katherine L. Clancy -- Limits to change in a postrevolutionary society : the rise and fall of cheap-food policy in Nicaragua / Peter Utting -- Bureaucrats and peasants : the dynamics of local-level agricultural bureaucracy in rural Egypt / Richard H. Adams, Jr. -- Household behavior and government preferences : compatibility or conflicts in efforts to achieve goals of nutrition programs / Per Pinstrup-Andersen -- The relationship of nutrition to productivity and well-being of workers / Michael C. Latham -- The impact of improved nutrition on labor productivity and human-resource development : an economic perspective / John Strauss -- From nutrition planning to nutrition management : the politics of action / John Osgood Field -- Integrating political and economic factors within nutrition-related policy research : an economic perspective / Urban Jonsson -- Nutrition-related policy research : a political science perspective on the role of economic and political factors / Raymond F. Hopkins -- Integrating political and economic considerations in programs and policies to improve nutrition : lessons learned / Per Pinstrup-Andersen |
| Analysis |
Food supply |
| Notes |
Published for the International Food Policy Research Institute |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-264) and index |
| Subject |
Agriculture and state.
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Food supply -- Government policy.
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Nutrition policy.
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| Author |
Pinstrup-Andersen, Per.
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International Food Policy Research Institute.
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| LC no. |
92025287 |
| ISBN |
0801844800 |
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