The Political Economy of Hunger: Volume 2: Famine Prevention (W I D E R Studies in Development Economics)

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. WIDER The World Institute for Development Economics Research, established in 1984, started work in Helsinki in 1985, with the financial support of the Government of Finland. The principal purpose of the Institute is to help identify and meet the need for policy-oriented socio-economic research on pressing global and development problems and their inter-relationships. WIDER's research projects are grouped into three main themes: hunger and poverty; money, finance, and trade; and development and technological transformation. Volume II deals with famine prevention, paying particular attention to sub-Saharan Africa. The topics covered include: the problems of early warning and early action; the politics of famine prevention; 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. In addition to general analyses, the book contains a number of case studies of failures and successes in famine prevention, both in South Asia and in sub-Saharan Africa. This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. 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 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. CONTENTS......Page 10 LIST OF PAPERS......Page 12 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS......Page 16 LIST OF TABLES......Page 18 Introduction......Page 22 1. Famine Prevention in India......Page 34 2. Famine Prevention in Africa: Some Experiences and Lessons......Page 144 3. Ethiopian Famines 1973–1985: A Case-Study......Page 194 4. Modelling an Early Warning System for Famines......Page 238 5. Market Responses to Anti-hunger Policies: Effects on Wages, Prices and Employment......Page 262 6. The Food Crisis in Africa: A Comparative Structural Analysis......Page 300 B......Page 410 G......Page 411 K......Page 412 P......Page 413 S......Page 414 Z......Page 415 C......Page 416 E......Page 417 I......Page 418 P......Page 419 S......Page 420 Z......Page 421 This volume is 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. It deals with the background nutritional, economic, social, and political aspects of the problem of world hunger. 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 v. 1. Entitlement and well-being v. 2. Famine prevention v. 3. Endemic hunger.