A World without Famine?

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Helen O’Neill, John Toye

      Pages 1-23

3. A World without Hunger: An Ethical Imperative

   1. A World without Hunger: An Ethical Imperative

      • Nigel Dower

      Pages 24-47

4. Historical Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49

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   2. Was the Great Famine Just Like Modern Famines?

      • Cormac Ó Gráda

      Pages 51-71

   3. The Great Famine: A Simple General Equilibrium Model

      • Pat McGregor

      Pages 72-83

   4. Friedrich List and the Causes of Irish Hunger

      • Michael Yaffey

      Pages 84-106

   5. The Historical Roots of Famine Relief Paradigms

      • David Hall-Matthews

      Pages 107-127

   6. Famine Relief, Piecework and Women Workers: Experiences in British India

      • Jocelyn Kynch, Maureen Sibbons

      Pages 128-157

5. Implications of Famine for Long-term Poverty

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159

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   2. Famine, Demography and Endemic Poverty

      • Siddiq Osmani

      Pages 161-195

6. Current Threats to Food Security

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197

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   2. Aid and Drought: Responding to the Human and Economic Consequences of Natural Disasters

      • Edward Clay

      Pages 199-220

   3. Structural Adjustment and Drought in Sub-Saharan Africa

      • Ibrahim Elbadawi

      Pages 221-240

   4. Drought and the Zimbabwe Economy, 1980–93

      • Charlotte Benson

      Pages 241-273

   5. Dancing with El Niño: Drought, the State and the Nutritional Welfare of Rural Children in Zimbabwe

      • Bill Kinsey

      Pages 274-301

7. Aid Strategies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 303-303

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   2. A Future Food Aid Regime: Implications of the Final Act of the Uruguay Round

      • John Shaw, Hans Singer

      Pages 305-334

   3. Hunger, Poverty and Human Development: Analysing the Debate between the UNDP and the OECD

      • Kunibert Raffer

      Pages 335-351

   4. Irish Aid in Famines and Other Complex Emergencies

      • Helen O’Neill

      Pages 352-369

The proceedings of the Development Studies Association conference held in Dublin on the 150th anniversary of the Great Irish Famine examine the historical background and the reasons why the spectre of famine continues to haunt much of the developing world today. Set in the context of the concepts of food security and insecurity it emphasises our moral responsibility to act collectively and to tackle less dramatic problems of food insecurity.

• development studies
• Friedrich List
• morality
• poverty

• Centre for Development Studies, University College Dublin, UK

  Helen O’Neill

• Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK

  John Toye

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