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World without Famine?

Inbunden, Engelska, 1998

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The proceedings of the Development Studies Association conference held in Dublin on the 150th anniversary of the Great Irish Famine examine the historical background and the reasons why the spectre of famine continues to haunt much of the developing world today.

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Utgivningsdatum1998-01-28
Mått140 x 216 x 35 mm
Vikt798 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SeriePalgrave Development Studies Series
Antal sidor524
Upplaga1998
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780333682463

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Notes on the Contributors - Introduction - A World Without Famine: An Ethical Imperative?; N.Dower - PART 1: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES - Was the Great Irish Famine like Modern Famines?; C.O.Grada - The Great Irish Famine: A Simple General Equilibrium Model; P.McGregor - Friedrich List and the Causes of Irish Hunger; M.Yaffey - Historical Roots of Famine Relief Paradigms; D.Hall-Matthews - Famine Relief, Piece-work and Women Workers; J.Kynch - PART 2: IMPLICATIONS OF FAMINE FOR LONG-TERM POVERTY - Famine, Demography and Endemic Poverty; S.Osmani - PART 3: CURRENT THREATS TO FOOD SECURITY - Aid and Drought: Responding to the Human and Economic Consequences of Natural Disasters; E.Clay - Structural Adjustment and Drought in Sub-Saharan Africa; I.Elbadawi - Drought and the Zimbabwean Economy 1980-93; C.Benson - Dancing with El Nino: Drought, the State and the Nutritional Welfare of Rural Children in Zimbabwe; B.Kinsey - PART 4: AID STRATEGIES - The Future of Food Aid under the WTO Regime; D.Shaw & H.Singer - Hunger, Poverty and Human Development; K.Raffer - Irish Aid to Famines and Other Complex Emergencies; H.O'Neill - PART 5: NEW APPROACHES TO PRACTICE - Rural Public Works and Food Entitlement Protection: Toward a Strategy for Preventing Hunger; P.Terhal - Potential for Improving Efficiency and Cost-effectiveness for Food Grain Delivery; D.Walker - Laws for the Rich and Flaws for the Poor? Legal Action and Food Insecurity in the Kalahandi Case; B.Currie - The Politics and Governance of Poverty Alleviation Programmes: Is sub-Saharan Africa learning from Latin America?; A.Sverrisson - Taking Root...Gaining Ground: Diversity in Food Production for Universal Food Security ; P.Mulvany, B.O'Riordan & H.Wedgwood - Index