The Political Economy of Hunger: Volume 2

The Political Economy of Hunger: Volume 2
ISBN-10
0198286368
ISBN-13
9780198286363
Series
The Political Economy of Hunger
Category
Social Science
Pages
420
Language
English
Published
1991-02-21
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Authors
Amartya Sen, Jean Drèze

Description

WIDERThe World Institute for Development Economics Research, established in 1984, started work in Helsinki in 1985, with the financial support of the Government of Finland. The principal purpose of the Institute is to help identify and meet the need for policy-oriented socio-economic research on pressing global and development problems and their inter-relationships. WIDER's research projects are grouped into three main themes: hunger and poverty; money, finance, and trade; and development andtechnological transformation.Volume II deals with famine prevention, paying particular attention to sub-Saharan Africa. The topics covered include: the problems of early warning and early action; the politics of famine prevention; the influence of market responses; the role of cash support and employment provision in protecting threatened food entitlements; and long-term issues of reduction of famine vulnerability.In addition to general analyses, the book contains a number of case studies of failures and successes in famine prevention, both in South Asia and in sub-Saharan Africa.

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