Political Economy of Hunger Volume 2 Famine Prevention

Jean Dr?ze, Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Ranchi University, India,Amartya Sen, Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University

Jean Dr?ze, development economist, has taught at the London School of Economics and the Delhi School of Economics and is currently Visiting Professor at Ranchi University. He has made wide-ranging contributions to development economics and public policy, with special reference to India. He is co-author (with Amartya Sen) of Hunger and Public Action (Oxford University Press, 1989), An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions (Penguin, 2013), and Sense and Solidarity (OUP: 2019).

Amartya Sen teaches economics and philosophy at Harvard University, and was previously Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. He has served as President of the American Economic Association, the Indian Economic Association, the International Economic Association, and the Econometric Society. His awards include the Bharat Ratna (India), Commandeur de la l?gion d'honneur (France), the National Humanities Medal (USA), Honorary Companion of Honour (UK), Ordem Nacional do M?rito Cient?fico (Brazil), and the Nobel Prize in Economics.

1. Introduction, Jean Dr?ze and Amartya Sen
2. Famine Prevention in India, Jean Dr?ze
3. Famine Prevention in Africa: Some Experiences and Lessons, Jean Dr?ze
4. Ethiopian Famines 1973-1985: A Case Study, B. G. Kumar
5. Modelling an Early Warning System for Famines, Meghnad Desai
6. Market Responses to Anti Hunger Policies: Effects on Wages, Prices and Employment, Martin Ravallion
7. The Food Crisis in Africa: A Comparative Structural Analysis, Jean-Philippe Platteau