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245 2 _aA world without famine?: new approach to aid and development/
_cedited by Helen O'Neill and John Toye.
260 _aNew York:
_bSt. Martin's Press,
_c1998.
300 _a524 p. ;
_c23 cm.
505 _aNotes 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
650 _aFamines
650 _aFood relief
650 _aEconomic development
650 _aEconomic assistance
650 _aEconomic history
650 _aDeveloping countries
650 _aFood supply
700 _aO'Neill, Helen, ed.
700 _aToye, John, ed.
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