Political Economy of Hunger: Volume 2: Famine Prevention
Author:   Jean Drèze (, Delhi School of Economics) ,  Amartya Sen, FBA (Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198286363


Pages:   420
Publication Date:   21 February 1991
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Jean Drèze (, Delhi School of Economics) ,  Amartya Sen, FBA (Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Clarendon Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.756kg
ISBN:  

9780198286363


ISBN 10:   0198286368
Pages:   420
Publication Date:   21 February 1991
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Jean Dreze: Famine prevention in India; Jeane Dreze : Famine prevention in Africa; B.G. Kumar: Ethiopian famines 1973-1985: a case study; Meghnad Desai: Modelling an early warning system for famines; Martin Ravallion: Market responses to anti-hunger policies: effects on wages, prices and employment; Jean-Philippe Platteau: The food crisis in Africa: a comparative structural analysis

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This volume will probably be widely read, and is likely to prove to be a particularly useful source....Attention to detail sets these studies far above other contemporary writing on hunger and deprivation. --Dissent<br> Obviously an important with immediate implications for countless lives. Those who choose not to turn its pages will be deprived of an intellectual treat. --Journal of Economic Literature<br>


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