A world without famine?: new approach to aid and development/ edited by Helen O'Neill and John Toye.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998Description: 524 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 0333682467; 9780333682463Subject(s): Famines | Food relief | Economic development | Economic assistance | Economic history | Developing countries | Food supplyDDC classification: 363.883Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 363.883 ONE/A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P04273 |
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 -
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