IDSA01H3 Lecture Notes - Amartya Sen, Biofuel, Food Security
8 Dec 2011
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Political ecnomy: the government provide education and health care(economic provision ) which is not mediated by market, all the different spheres matter, all economic provisions should take place in markets, much broader. Hunger in the 21st century: steady decline in the incednce of hungry in 1990 to 1995 but there has been a dramatic increase after this point, most of this hunger is occurring in the global south. It more acute in children where 1 in 3 children suffer from malnutrition in the global south. Long term cost in development and lost of lives. Rising food prices: dramatic increase in prices of food, rising food prices link to political instability and malnutrition. Raising food prices where people in india are shifting away from veggie and moving onto meat products: adverse weather, buying more and more foods and not actually selling these food to consumers.
