poverty and famines an essay on entitlement and deprivation 1981

It denotes a condition where an individual has inadequate resources and earnings to afford those necessities they require in order to stay alive and well. OL20108836W Page_number_confidence 92.75 Pages 278 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.18 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20220606202834 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 903 Scandate 20220602010955 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 0195649540 Sent_to_scribe Tts_version 5.The Oxford English Dictionary defines poverty as “destitution” with respect to lack of wealth and material possessions.

Poverty and entitlements - Concepts of poverty - Poverty: identification and aggregation - Starvation and famines - The entitlement approach - The great Bengal famine - Ethiopian famines - Drought and famine in the Sahel - Famine in Bangladesh - Entitlements and deprivation - Appendices: exchange entitlement - Appendices: illustrative models of exchange entitlement - Appendices: measurement of poverty - Appendices: famine mortality: a case studyĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 19:14:09 Autocrop_version 0.0.13_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40532808 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-249) In the final chapter he looks at general issues of deprivation relatedto entitlement systems He then analyses the ‘entitlement approach’ in detail and applies it to four case studies of famines from different parts of the world.

After introducing the ‘entitlement approach’ to starvation analysis, the author examines problems of conceptualizing and measuring poverty, and discusses the specific problem of starvation in general terms. The mehod of analysis adopted is the ‘entitlement approach’, which concentrates on ownership and exchange. It is concerned with the causation of starvation in general and of famines in particular. This study was undertaken for the World Employment Programme launched by the International Labour Organisation in 1969.

Poverty and famines an essay on entitlement and deprivation 1981