A detailed examination of Amartya Sen's theory of famines shows that it is logically impossible: it cannot work in the …

Factors that increase vulnerability to famine include poverty, weak social and physical infrastructure, a weak and … view, they can surface in a number of ways. Certain elements increase a region`s vulnerability to famine: Poverty; weak … same factors constrain longer term economic development.This paper - a product of the Poverty and Human Resources Division …

Anti-poverty policies often aim to reach poor individuals by targeting poor households. However, intra … individual-level poverty rates that account for intra-household inequality. We show that women, children, and the elderly face … significant probabilities of living in poverty even in households with per-capita expenditure above the poverty threshold …

encompasses the most recent insights from philosophical research and empirical work on resource allocation, nutrition science, and … poverty and undernourishment, and addressing the current debate over methods of estimating theirincidence. …Intro -- PREFACE -- Contents -- PART I: WELL-BEING: THEORY AND REALIZATION -- 1. THE COMMODITY BASIS OF WELL-BEING -- 1 …