Amartya Sen’s socio-economic analysis of famines: scope, limitations and extensions (In French)

The entitlements approach developed by Amartya Sen at the end of the seventies and at the beginning of the eighties provides a microeconomic framework explaining famines in terms of food entitlements decline. This article presents an overview of the discussions and controversies dealing with Sen’s entitlements approach and exposes some issues of improvement.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	CLEMENT, Matthieu
Institutions:	Groupe de Recherche en Économie Théorique et Appliquée (GREThA), Université de Bordeaux
Subject:	famines \| entitlements \| food availability \| democracy \| conflicts \| coping strategies

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Cahiers du GREThA.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	French
Classification:	O10 - Economic Development. General ; Q18 - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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