Political Economy Of Hunger

Author : Jean Drèze,Amartya Sen
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1991-02-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191544460

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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. WIDER Studies in Development Economics The 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 and technological transformation. BL Sen is an internationally renowned, prizewinning economist This volume is the first of three addressing a wide range of policy issues relating to the role of public action in combating hunger and deprivation in the modern world. It deals with the background nutritional, economic, social, and political aspects of the problem of world hunger. Topics covered include the characteristics and causal antecedents of famines and endemic deprivation, the interconnections between economic and political factors, the role of social relations and the family, the special problems of women's deprivation, the connection between food consumption and other indicators of living standards, and the medical aspects of undernourishment and its consequences. Several contributions also address the political background of public policy, in particular the connection between the government and the public, including the role of newspapers and the media, and the part played by political commitment and by adversarial politics and pressures. Taken together, these essays provide a comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the problem of hunger and deprivation, and an important guide for action.

Author : Jean Dreze (ed),Amartya Sen
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198286356

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The Political Economy of Hunger: Volume 1: Entitlement and Well-being by Jean Dreze (ed),Amartya Sen Pdf

Part of a major report on world hunger instigated by the World Institute for Development Economics Research, this volume deals with possible solutions to the problem of regular outbreaks of famine in various parts of the world.

Author : Jean Drèze,Amartya Kumar Sen,Athar Hussain
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0198288832

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The Political Economy of Hunger by Jean Drèze,Amartya Kumar Sen,Athar Hussain Pdf

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.

Author : Jean Dreze,Amartya Sen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:875015380

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Author : Jean Drèze,Amartya Sen
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1991-10-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191544484

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Political Economy of Hunger by Jean Drèze,Amartya Sen Pdf

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. WIDER The 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 and technological transformation. Volume III deals with the strategic options for the elimination of endemic hunger. The topics covered include: the comparative extent of hunger and deprivation in different parts of the world; the influence of food production; the interconnections between economic growth and public support; the role of economic diversification in reducing vulnerability; the potential impact of direct public provisioning on living standards; and the politics of public action. In addition to general analyses, the book examines the international relevance of a number of specific country experiences in Asia, Africa, and Latin America (including those of China, India, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Kenya, Bangladesh, and Nigeria).

Author : World Institute for Development Economics Research
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198286370

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The Political Economy of Hunger: Volume 3: Endemic Hunger by World Institute for Development Economics Research Pdf

Part of a major report on world hunger instigated by the World Institute for Development Economics Research, this volume deals with possible solutions to the problem of regular outbreaks of famine in various parts of the world.

Author : Anna Chadwick
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780192557223

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Law and the Political Economy of Hunger by Anna Chadwick Pdf

This book is an inquiry into the role of law in the contemporary political economy of hunger. In the work of many international institutions, governments, and NGOs, law is represented as a solution to the persistence of hunger. This presentation is evident in the efforts to realize a human right to adequate food, as well as in the positioning of law, in the form of regulation, as a tool to protect society from 'unruly' markets. In this monograph, Anna Chadwick draws on theoretical work from a range of disciplines to challenge accounts that portray law's role in the context of hunger as exclusively remedial. The book takes as its starting point claims that financial traders 'caused' the 2007-8 global food crisis by speculating in financial instruments linked to the prices of staple grains. The introduction of new regulations to curb the 'excesses' of the financial sector in order to protect the food insecure reinforces the dominant perception that law can solve the problem. Chadwick investigates a number of different legal regimes spanning public international law, international economic law, transnational governance, private law, and human rights law to gather evidence for a counterclaim: law is part of the problem. The character of the contemporary global food system-a food system that is being progressively 'financialized'-owes everything to law. If world hunger is to be eradicated, Chadwick argues, then greater attention needs to be paid to how different legal regimes operate to consistently privilege the interests of the wealthy few over the needs of poor and the hungry.

Author : Jean Drèze,Amartya Sen
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1991-02-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191544477

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Political Economy of Hunger by Jean Drèze,Amartya Sen Pdf

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. WIDER The 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 and technological 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.

Author : World Institute for Development Economics Research
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198286363

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The Political Economy of Hunger: Volume 2: Famine Prevention by World Institute for Development Economics Research Pdf

Part of a major report on world hunger instigated by the World Institute for Development Economics Research, this volume deals with possible solutions to the problem of regular outbreaks of famine in various parts of the world.

Author : Jean Drèze,Amartya Sen
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1991-10-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0198286376

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The Political Economy of Hunger: Volume 3: Endemic Hunger by Jean Drèze,Amartya Sen Pdf

WIDER The 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 and technological transformation. Volume III deals with the strategic options for the elimination of endemic hunger. The topics covered include: the comparative extent of hunger and deprivation in different parts of the world; the influence of food production; the interconnections between economic growth and public support; the role of economic diversification in reducing vulnerability; the potential impact of direct public provisioning on living standards; and the politics of public action. In addition to general analyses, the book examines the international relevance of a number of specific country experiences in Asia, Africa, and Latin America (including those of China, India, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Kenya, Bangladesh, and Nigeria).

Author : Jean èze,Amartya Sen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0198860188

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Political Economy of Hunger Volume 2 by Jean èze,Amartya Sen Pdf

This volume is the second of three addressing a wide range of policy issues relating to the role of public action in combating hunger and deprivation in the modern world. It deals with the background nutritional, economic, social, and political aspects of the problem of world hunger. Volume 2 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. Taken together, these essays provide a comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the problem of hunger and deprivation, and an important guide for action.

Author : Jean Drèze,Amartya Sen
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1991-02-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0198286368

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The Political Economy of Hunger: Volume 2: Famine Prevention by Jean Drèze,Amartya Sen Pdf

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.

Author : George Kent
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037731564

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The Political Economy of Hunger by George Kent Pdf

Economic analysis of the economic policy of hunger - describes extent of malnutrition and calorie deficiencys; examines food wasteage and food trade, comparative advantages of developed countries versus developing countries, and the role of population growth, poverty, etc. As causes of hunger: discusses strategies to end hunger, incl. Food policies, development policies, self reliance and food aid; advocates popular participation in development planning. Bibliography, diagrams, graphs, statistical tables.

Author : John Abraham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UCSC:32106014503392

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Food and Development by John Abraham Pdf

Author : R. E. Downs,Donna O. Kerner,Stephen P. Reyna
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000113693

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The Political Economy of African Famine by R. E. Downs,Donna O. Kerner,Stephen P. Reyna Pdf

Originally published in 1991. This volume explores the combination of political and economic forces that influence different levels of food supply. The book begins with a discussion of famine theories, ranging from cultural ecology to neo-Marxism. Following this survey is a series of essays by anthropologists, geographers, economists and development practitioners that explores the role of Western institutions in African famine, analyzes famine in particular countries, and documents the relationship between famine and gender. This book takes an unusually broad look at famine by including analyses of countries where hunger has rarely been studied and by examining African famine from both African and Western perspectives. Its concluding proposals for eradicating famine make innovative and provocative contributions to current global debates on food and nutrition.