Elahi, Khandakar Qudrat-I - In: Journal of Development Studies 42 (2006) 4, pp. 541-558
This paper insinuates the conceptual foundation of Sen's entitlement approach by pinpointing its major weaknesses. First, Sen's critique of FAD is inadequate because speculative, not actual, supply and demand forces determine short-run commodity prices. Second, Sen's idea of 'exchange...