Title The political economy of hunger. Vol. 2, Famine prevention / edited by Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen.

Publication Info.	Oxford : Clarendon Press, [1990]
	©1990

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Description	1 online resource (xx, 400 pages) : illustrations.
Series	WIDER studies in development economics
	Studies in development economics.
Note	Rev. papers originally presented at a WIDER conference held in Helsinki in July 1986.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents	Introduction / Jean Drèze, Amartya Sen -- Famine prevention in India ; Famine prevention in Africa : some experiences and lessons / Jean Drèze -- Ethiopian famines 1973-1985 : a case-study / B.G. Kumar -- Modelling an early warning system for famines / Meghnad Desai -- Market responses to anti-hunger policies : effects on wages, prices and employment / Martin Ravallion -- The food crisis in Africa : a comparative structural analysis / Jean-Philippe Platteau.
Note	Print version record.
Summary	Part of a major report on world hunger instigated by the World Institute for Development Economics Research, this volume deals with possible solutions to the problem of regular outbreaks of famine in various parts of the world.
Local Note	Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Open Access Books
Subject	Famines -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Case studies.
	Food relief -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Case studies.
	Famines -- South Asia -- Case studies.
	Food relief -- South Africa -- Case studies.
	Hunger -- Case studies.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
	Famines. (OCoLC)fst00920590
	Food relief. (OCoLC)fst00931031
	Hunger. (OCoLC)fst00964089
	Sub-Saharan Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239520
	South Africa. (OCoLC)fst01204616
	South Asia. (OCoLC)fst01244520
	Voedselvoorziening.
	Economische aspecten.
Indexed Term	Food supply
Genre/Form	Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
Added Author	Drèze, Jean.
	Sen, Amartya, 1933-
	World Institute for Development Economics Research.
Added Title	Famine prevention
Other Form:	Print version: Political economy of hunger. Vol. 2, Famine prevention. Oxford : Clarendon Press, ©1990 019828635X 9780198286356 (DLC) 90007663 (OCoLC)21901414
ISBN	9780198286363 (electronic book)
	0198286368 (electronic book)
	9780191718458 (ebook)
	0191718459 (ebook)

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