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Book SynopsisThis 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 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
Trade ReviewReview 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 Dréze 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 ... 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) *
Table of Contents1: Jean Drèze 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
