Buch, Englisch, 420 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 798 g
Volume 2: Famine Prevention
Buch, Englisch, 420 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 798 g
Reihe: WIDER Studies in Development Economics
ISBN: 978-0-19-828636-3
Verlag: OUP Oxford
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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.
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Weitere Infos & Material
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
