Publisher Summary The structure, efficiency, and growth of production affect (and are
affected by) the distribution of consumption. Poverty analysis has three tasks:(1) to define …

One word to my women readers, To those who feel acutely the misery of cooking on smoky
chulas and are looking for relief, this book brings a message of hope. But to those who think …

The noted economist and philosopher Amartya Sen argues that the dictum “all people are
created equal” serves largely to deflect attention from the fact that we differ in age, gender …

" 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' …

In the standard literature on economic development there is frequently a noticeable
reluctance to consider the position of women as a separate problem of importance of its …

Perhaps the most intransigent problem in the recent history of Indian society remains an
adequate understanding of the processes of social change which took place under …

First published in 1989, this book deals with the impact of cereal production upon the Third
World, specifically 'Modern Varieties'(MVs). Using evidence from plant breeding, economics …

This article examines how poor rural families in India cope with the food insecurity
associated with seasonal troughs in the agricultural production cycle, and with calamities …

This survey is concerned with three issues: the sectoral structure of the labor force;
unemployment; and underemployment. This book provides a statistical overview of these …

This definition of" economic welfare" can be made more or less comprehensive (in the
goods and services embraced), but it is intrinsically limited. It may reveal nothing about the …