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Food, Economics and Entitlements

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The Entitlement Approach to Famine

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The Ethiopian Famines, Entitlements and Governance

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Ethiopian Famines 1973-1985

The paper studies the experience of Ethiopia with regard to the two major famines the country has witnessed in the last fifteen years. It is argued that the entitlements approach developed by Amartya Sen provides a useful analytical framework within...

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Market Participation and Rural Poverty in Ghana in the Era of Globalization

This paper investigates the factors that influence market participation in rural economies. This is based on the premise that participation in the market is an important channel through which the global economy impacts on the rural areas and can have...

Book Chapter
Ethiopian Famines 1973-1985

Part of Book The Political Economy of Hunger

Book Chapter
Food, Economics and Entitlements

Part of Book The Political Economy of Hunger

Blog
UNU-WIDER @ 30

2015 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...

Journal Article
Market Participation and Rural Poverty in Ghana in the Era of Globalization

Part of Journal Special Issue Globalization-Poverty Channels and Case Studies from Sub-Saharan Africa

Book
The Political Economy of Hunger

This book is the second of three volumes. Every year millions of people are losing their lives around the world, undeterred by the widespread opulence and remarkably higher per capita income, because of sporadic famines, endemic undernourishment, and...

Book
The Political Economy of Hunger

This book is the first of three volumes. Every year millions of people are losing their lives around the world, undeterred by the widespread opulence and remarkably higher per capita income, because of sporadic famines, endemic undernourishment, and...

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