Hunger and Public Action by Amartya Sen
This book advocates a new approach to the relief of famine and hardship in developing countries by addressing the political issues that prevent fair distribution of resources, rather than by simply seeking to provide more food and services.
a crystal clear, powerfully argued analysis of the institutional and political-economic sources of famines and persistent deprivation * Professor Alex Voorhoeve, LSE Review of Books *
Amartya Sen is currently the Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University. He is also a senior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows, a distinguished fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, an honorary fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, where he previously served as Master. In 1988, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Science.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198283652 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198283652 |
| Title | Hunger and Public Action |
| Author | Amartya Sen |
| Series | Wider Studies In Development Economics |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1991-01-24 |
| Number of pages | 392 |
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