Poverty and Famines

Poverty and Famines
Author: Amartya Sen
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1983-01-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0191037435

The main focus of this book is on the causation of starvation in general and of famines in particular. The author develops the alternative method of analysis—the 'entitlement approach'—concentrating on ownership and exchange, not on food supply. The book also provides a general analysis of the characterization and measurement of poverty. Various approaches used in economics, sociology, and political theory are critically examined. The predominance of distributional issues, including distribution between different occupation groups, links up the problem of conceptualizing poverty with that of analyzing starvation.

Hungry Bengal

Hungry Bengal
Author: Janam Mukherjee
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2015
Genre: History
ISBN: 0190209887

Examines the interconnected events including World War II, India's struggle for independence, and a period of acute scarcity that lead to mass starvation in colonial Bengal.

Agricultural Land Redistribution

Agricultural Land Redistribution
Author: Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 494
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0821379623

Despite 250 years of land reform all over the World, important land inequalities remain, especially in Latin America and Southern Africa.While in these countries, there is near consensus on the need for redistribution, much controversy persists around how to redistribute land peacefully and legally, often blocking progress on implementation.This book focuses on the "how" of land redistribution in order to forge greater consensus among land reform practitioners and enable them to make better choices on the mechanisms of land reform. Reviews and case studies describe and analyze the al.

The Rice Economy of Asia

The Rice Economy of Asia
Author: Randolph Barker
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
Total Pages: 359
Release: 1985
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0915707152

The purpose of this book is to present a comprehensive picture of the role of rice in the food and agricultural sectors of Asian nations.