Short-term changes in income distribution in poor agrarian economies: a study of famines with reference to Indian sub-continent

Ghose, Ajit Kumar,

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Working paper on causes and economic implications of famines (starvation) due to inequality in distribution networks, affecting agricultural economies in India - examines the historical characteristics of famines since 1860, and shows that they are caused not only by food shortage but by changes in food security, food production and income distribution. References and statistical tables.

Keywords: economic implication; starvation; distribution network.; agricultural economy; history; food shortage.; food security; food production; income distribution; statistical table; conséquences économiques; famine; circuit de distribution; économie agricole; consecuencias económicas; inanición; red de distribución; economía agrícola; histoire; pénurie alimentaire; sécurité alimentaire; production alimentaire; répartition du revenu; tableau statistique; historia; escasez de alimentos; seguridad alimentaria; producción alimentaria; distribución del ingreso; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 1979
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Published in World Employment Programme research working paper. WEP 10-6, Rural Employment Policy Research Programme

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