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Hunger and Public Action
Jean Drèze,Amartya Sen +1 more
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In this article, the authors provide a coherent perspective on the complex nutritional, economic, social and political issues involved in the causation of hunger and deprivation, and provide an integrated view of the role of public action in eliminating hunger.Abstract:
This study was well-received and widely discussed when it appeared in hardback in 1990. It is devoted to analysis of the enduring problem of hunger in the modern world, and of the role that public action can play in countering it. The book is divided into four parts. The first attempts to provide a coherent perspective on the complex nutritional, economic, social and political issues involved in the causation of hunger and deprivation. The second deals with famine prevention, paying special attention to Africa and India. The third focuses on chronic undernourishment and related deprivations. Parts two and three include a number of case studies of successful public action for the prevention of hunger and famines in various parts of the world. The fourth part of the book draws together the main themes and concerns of the earlier chapters, and provides an integrated view of the role of public action in eliminating hunger.read more
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Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems
Walter C. Willett,Johan Rockström,Johan Rockström,Brent Loken,Marco Springmann,Tim Lang,Sonja J. Vermeulen,Sonja J. Vermeulen,Tara Garnett,David Tilman,David Tilman,Fabrice DeClerck,Fabrice DeClerck,Amanda Wood,Malin Jonell,Michael Clark,Line Gordon,Jessica Fanzo,Corinna Hawkes,Rami Zurayk,Juan A Rivera,Wim de Vries,Lindiwe Majele Sibanda,Ashkan Afshin,Abhishek Chaudhary,Abhishek Chaudhary,Mario Herrero,Rina Agustina,Francesco Branca,Anna Lartey,Shenggen Fan,Beatrice Crona,Elizabeth L. Fox,Victoria Bignet,Max Troell,Max Troell,Therese Lindahl,Therese Lindahl,Sudhvir Singh,Sarah Cornell,K. Srinath Reddy,Sunita Narain,Sania Nishtar,Christopher J L Murray +43 more
TL;DR: Food in the Anthropocene : the EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems focuses on meat, fish, vegetables and fruit as sources of protein.
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Capability and Well-Being
TL;DR: Amartya Sen as discussed by the authors proposes that alternatives be appraised by looking to the capabilities they provide for individuals rather than only by individual utilities, incomes, or resources (as in commonly used theories).
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Environmental Entitlements: Dynamics and Institutions in Community-Based Natural Resource Management
TL;DR: In this article, a conceptual framework highlighting the central role of institutions in mediating environment-society relationships is proposed. But the authors focus on the implications of intra-community dynamics and ecological heterogeneity.
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Politics and the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid
TL;DR: This paper analyzed the effectiveness of foreign aid programs to gain insights into political regimes in aid recipient countries and found that the impact of aid does not vary according to whether recipient governments are liberal democracies or highly repressive.
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The Political Economy of Government Responsiveness: Theory and Evidence from India
Timothy Besley,Robin Burgess +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a model based on the solution of political agency problems to find the determinants of government responsiveness to its citizens. But the model was not tested on panel data from India and the results showed that public food distribution and calamity relief expenditure are greater, controlling for shocks.
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