Macroeconomics and Famine.
The aim of the paper is to shift the focus of famine analysis away from food supply towards the macroeconomic determinants of food entitlement-i.e., to the ability of individuals to purchase food. Towards this end, we develop a model to demonstrate how loose monetary and fiscal policies may give ris...
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| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
1989.
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| Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 1989/025 |
| Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |
| Summary: | The aim of the paper is to shift the focus of famine analysis away from food supply towards the macroeconomic determinants of food entitlement-i.e., to the ability of individuals to purchase food. Towards this end, we develop a model to demonstrate how loose monetary and fiscal policies may give rise to famine even when there is no change in per capita food output. We illustrate our findings with a description of the 1974 Bangladesh famine. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (45 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet |
| ISSN: | 1018-5941 |
| Access: | Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students |