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The political economy of hunger. Volume 3, Endemic hunger / edited by Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in development economics.
- Studies in development economics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Famines--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Case studies.
- Famines.
- Food relief--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Case studies.
- Food relief.
- Famines--South Asia--Case studies.
- Food relief--South Africa--Case studies.
- Hunger--Case studies.
- Hunger.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (412 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; LIST OF PAPERS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; LIST OF TABLES; Introduction; 1. Feeding China: The Experience since 1949; 2. Public Policy and Basic Needs Provision: Intervention and Achievement in Sri Lanka; 3. Growth and Poverty: Some Lessons from Brazil; 4. Malnutrition and Poverty in Latin America; 5. Undernutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical Assessment of the Evidence; 6. Policy Options for African Agriculture; 7. Poverty and Food Deprivation in Kenya's Smallholder Agricultural Areas; 8. The Contribution of Industry to Solving the Food Problem in Africa
- 9. The Food Problems of Bangladesh10. The Elimination of Endemic Poverty in South Asia: Some Policy Options; NAME INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; SUBJECT INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Rev. papers originally presented at a WIDER conference held in Helsinki in July 1986.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-886019-6
- 9786611978259
- 1-281-97825-6
- 0-19-154448-5
- OCLC:
- 781669231
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