Political Economy of Hunger: Volume 2: Famine Prevention

Author:   Jean Drèze (, Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Ranchi University, India) ,  Amartya Sen, FBA (, Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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Pages:   432
Publication Date:   27 February 2020
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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. 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.

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Author:   Jean Drèze (, Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Ranchi University, India) ,  Amartya Sen, FBA (, Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.644kg
ISBN:  

9780198860181


ISBN 10:   0198860188
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   27 February 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen: Introduction 2: Jean Drèze: Famine Prevention in India 3: Jean Drèze: Famine Prevention in Africa: Some Experiences and Lessons 4: B. G. Kumar: Ethiopian Famines 1973-1985: A Case Study 5: Meghnad Desai: Modelling an Early Warning System for Famines 6: Martin Ravallion: Market Responses to Anti Hunger Policies: Effects on Wages, Prices and Employment 7: Jean-Philippe Platteau: The Food Crisis in Africa: A Comparative Structural Analysis

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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 * This is an uncommonly fine collection of papers by prominent authors. A valuable addition to upper-division undergraduate and graduate collections in development economics.' * C.L. Nelson, Davidson College, CHOICE, Dec '91 * the most ambitious treatment of the intertwined issues of hunger, famines and well-being currently in print ... Drèze 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 Drèze himself, should also become obligatory reading for all practitioners in the field. * Development and Change, Vol. 24 (1993) *


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) * This is an uncommonly fine collection of papers by prominent authors. A valuable addition to upper-division undergraduate and graduate collections in development economics.' * C.L. Nelson, Davidson College, CHOICE, Dec '91 * 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 *


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Jean Drèze, 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 légion d'honneur (France), the National Humanities Medal (USA), Honorary Companion of Honour (UK), Ordem Nacional do Mérito Científico (Brazil), and the Nobel Prize in Economics.

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