Political Economy of Hunger
Volume 3: Endemic Hunger
Published on 27. February 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-19-886019-8 (ISBN)
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This volume is the last 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 3 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 ofBangladesh, Brazil, China, India, Kenya, Nigeria, and Sri Lanka).
Taken together, these essays provide a comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the problem of hunger and deprivation, and an important guide for action.
This volume is the last 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 3 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 ofBangladesh, Brazil, China, India, Kenya, Nigeria, and Sri Lanka).
Taken together, these essays provide a comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the problem of hunger and deprivation, and an important guide for action.
Reviews / Votes
Review from previous edition the authors are highly respected and the series draws on an extraordinary data base and comparison between countries. Bringing all this together is Amartya Sen, Lamont University Professor at Harvard, who has an unparalleled reputation for his work on famine, equity, and development economics ... This series forms the most definitive recent analysis of the problems of hunger and deprivation in the three continents of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The range of issues and countries covered is nothing short of extraordinary. * Dissent * The volumes will become a standard reference for research in the field of hunger, famines and poverty and some of the papers are appropriate for reading lists in under- and post-graduate courses. The value of the approach to famine and hunger developed by Sen and Dreze ultimately lies in case studies. * Athar Hussain, London School of Economics, The Economic Journal, Dec '91 * the most ambitious treatment of the intertwined issues of hunger, famines and well-being currently in print ... Dreze and Sen's collection is a massive achievement and will doubtless become an obligatory reference for every student on the subject. Certain essays, notably those by Jean Dreze himself, should also become obligatory reading for all practitioners in the field. * Development and Change, Vol. 24 (1993) *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
620 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-886019-8 (9780198860198)
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Jean Dreze, development economist, has taught at the London School of Economics and the Delhi School of Economics and is currently Visiting Professor at Ranchi University. He has made wide-ranging contributions to development economics and public policy, with special reference to India. He is co-author (with Amartya Sen) of Hunger and Public Action (Oxford University Press, 1989), An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions (Penguin, 2013), and Sense and Solidarity (OUP: 2019).
Amartya Sen teaches economics and philosophy at Harvard University, and was previously Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. He has served as President of the American Economic Association, the Indian Economic Association, the International Economic Association, and the Econometric Society. His awards include the Bharat Ratna (India), Commandeur de la legion d'honneur (France), the National Humanities Medal (USA), Honorary Companion of Honour (UK), Ordem Nacional do Merito Cientifico (Brazil), and the Nobel Prize in Economics.
Amartya Sen teaches economics and philosophy at Harvard University, and was previously Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. He has served as President of the American Economic Association, the Indian Economic Association, the International Economic Association, and the Econometric Society. His awards include the Bharat Ratna (India), Commandeur de la legion d'honneur (France), the National Humanities Medal (USA), Honorary Companion of Honour (UK), Ordem Nacional do Merito Cientifico (Brazil), and the Nobel Prize in Economics.
Content
1: Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen: Introduction
2: Carl Riskin: Feeding China
3: Sudhir Anand and S. M. Ravi: Public Policy and Basic Needs Provision: Intervention and Achievement in Sri Lanka
4: Ignacy Sachs: Growth and Poverty: Some Lessons from Brazil
5: S. M. Ravi Kanbur: Malnutrition and Poverty in Latin America
6: Peter Svedberg: Undernutrition in Sub Saharan Africa
7: Francis Idachaba: Policy Options for African Agriculture
8: Judith Heyer: Poverty and Food Deprivation in Kenya's Smallholder Agricultural Areas
9: Samuel Wangwe: The Contribution of Industry to Solving the Food Problem in Africa
10: S. R. Osmani: The Food Problems of Bangladesh
11: Kaushik Basu: The Elimination of Endemic Poverty in South Asia
2: Carl Riskin: Feeding China
3: Sudhir Anand and S. M. Ravi: Public Policy and Basic Needs Provision: Intervention and Achievement in Sri Lanka
4: Ignacy Sachs: Growth and Poverty: Some Lessons from Brazil
5: S. M. Ravi Kanbur: Malnutrition and Poverty in Latin America
6: Peter Svedberg: Undernutrition in Sub Saharan Africa
7: Francis Idachaba: Policy Options for African Agriculture
8: Judith Heyer: Poverty and Food Deprivation in Kenya's Smallholder Agricultural Areas
9: Samuel Wangwe: The Contribution of Industry to Solving the Food Problem in Africa
10: S. R. Osmani: The Food Problems of Bangladesh
11: Kaushik Basu: The Elimination of Endemic Poverty in South Asia