INTD 200 Chapter Notes -Nationstates, 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, Malthusianism

• School: McGill University
• Department: International Development
• Course: INTD 200
• Professor: Warren Allmand

Document Summary

Famine" can be defined as a widespread and protracted disruption in access to food, which will result in acute malnutrition and mass mortality unless alternative sources of food are available. Anti-famine contract": the role of aid donors, food aid as a political weapon. War and complex political emergencies": famines as a war tactic, can also be created as an unintended consequence of conflict, conflicts disrupt agricultural production, war undermines food marketing, relief interventions are undermined by logistical constraints and security risks. Future famines: less widespread and less severe, exacerbated by, flawed processes of economic liberalization and political democratization, rising prevalence of hiv/aids, problematic relationships between national governments and international donors, caused by failures of: Coping strategies": the weather, markets, notional governments, the international community local politics, all famines are fundamentally political. The focus should be on economic power and freedom of individuals to buy enough food.