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A food crisis was brewing even before the Ukraine war – but taking these three steps could help the most vulnerableRussia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to the disruption, by sanctions or war, of two of the world’s largest grain exporters. This means 2022 is shaping up to be a very difficult year for the global food system...
Violent conflict Food supply FamineBlog
UNU-WIDER @ 302015 marks the 30th anniversary of UNU-WIDER. The Institute opened its doors in 1985. It has been quite a ride ever since. We have had thousands of economists and other social scientists through those Helsinki doors since 1985...
Climate change History of economics Equality and inequalityBook Chapter
Can Food-for-Work Programmes Reduce Vulnerability?From the book: Insurance Against Poverty
Economic assistance and foreign aid Famine PovertyJournal Article
Growth and shocks: evidence from rural EthiopiaUsing panel data from rural Ethiopia, the article discusses the determinants of consumption growth (1989–1997), based on a microgrowth model, controlling for heterogeneity...
Famine RiskWorking Paper
Can Food-for-Work Programmes Reduce Vulnerability?Food-for-work (FFW) programmes have been widely heralded as a means of providing self-targeting transfers coupled with investment in public goods...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Famine PovertyBook
The Political Economy of Hunger: Selected EssaysHailed in its initial publication as a work with urgent implications for countless lives, Dréze and Sen's The Political Economy of Hunger is the classic analysis of an extraordinary paradox: in a world of food surpluses and satiety, hunger kills ...
Famine Food security HungerBook Chapter
Feeding China: The Experience Since 1949From the book: The Political Economy of Hunger
Central planning Commune CommunistBook Chapter
The Food Problems of BangladeshFrom the book: The Political Economy of Hunger
Agriculture and state Famine Food securityBook Chapter
Famine Prevention in IndiaFrom the book: The Political Economy of Hunger
Agriculture and state Central planning FamineBook Chapter
Introduction to The Political Economy of HungerFrom the book: The Political Economy of Hunger
Famine Food security HungerBook Chapter
The Food Crisis in Africa: A Comparative Structural AnalysisFrom the book: The Political Economy of Hunger
Agriculture Famine Food securityWorking Paper
The Entitlement Approach to Famine: An AssessmentFamine Marketing (Farm produce) Food supply
Working Paper
External Imbalances, Famines And Entitlements: A Case StudyThe study proceeded by broadly categorizing the various defects of the economy as manifestations of two disequilibria in the system...
Balance of payments Famine Structural adjustment (Economic policy)Working Paper
The Ethiopian Famines, Entitlements and GovernanceFamine Marketing (Farm produce) Food supply
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The Political Economy of Hunger: Endemic Hunger : Volume 3This book is the third of three volumes...
Famine Food security HungerBook
The Political Economy of Hunger: Famine Prevention : Volume 2This book is the second of three volumes...
Famine Marketing (Farm produce) Food security