Sen's entitlement approach: Critiques and counter-critiques

The New Famines: Why Famines Persist in an Era of Globalization

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 66-89

  Devereux, Stephen ^a  

^a Institute of Development Studies   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84905896825     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203014424     Document Type: Chapter

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