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<p><P>This volume, the second 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, deals primarily with famine prevention—paying special attention to sub-Saharan Africa. Topics covered include: the problems of early warning and early action; 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. Taken together, the essays in this study provide a comprehensive and authoritative analysis of famine prevention issues, and an important guide for action. This volume will be of particular interest to developmental and agricultural economists and political economists.</p>
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- Author
- World Institute for Development Economics Research.; Jean Drèze; Amartya Sen
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Published
- 1991
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780198860181
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Business, Social Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
Other editions & translations
- The Political Economy of Hunger : Selected Essays (1999)
- The Political Economy of Hunger: Political Economy of Hunger : Volume 1: Entitlement and Well-being (1991)
- The Political Economy of Hunger: Volume 1: Entitlement and Well-Being (W I D E R Studies in Development Economics) (1991)
- The Political Economy of Hunger: Volume 3: Endemic Hunger (W I D E R Studies in Development Economics) (1991)
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