Why read Hunger and Public Action?

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This study is devoted to an analysis of the problem of hunger in the modern world and of the role that public action can play in combating it. The book is divided into four parts. The first attempts to provide a coherent perspective on the complex nutritional, economic, social and…

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1 author picked Hunger and Public Action as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Robin Attfield and Barry Wilkins

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Drèze and Sen convince me (Robin) that the remedies for persistent malnutrition differ from those for famine, and involve institutional change, rather than emergency relief.

Hunger is often due not to a local lack of food, but to lack of access to food that is in principle available, and often plentiful. Relatedly, development is a process of change that protects, restores, strengthens, and expands people’s valued and valuable capabilities.

Robin relishes their view that developing nations need the freedom to question prevailing values.

From Robin's list on The best books that show how development economics and development ethics are intertwined.