Hunger in Contemporary World by Amartya Sen

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HUNGER IN THE CONTEMPORARY WOR

by

Amartya SenLamont University Professor, and

Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard Univers

and Honorary Fellow, London School of Economics and Politica


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Abstract

Economic analysis of hunger calls for an informationally broad ap

takes adequate account of the distinct interdependences involved.

examines the interdependences between (1) income and food co

(2) operations of different economic factors, (3) production an

different countries, (4) macroeconomic stability and food s

intrafamily distributional rules and the sharing of food and heal

women's power and fertility behaviour, (7) military expenditure an

deprivation, (8) early undernourishment and its consequences on

skills, (9) political incentives and the direction of government polic

public activism and social commitment The implications


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