Hunger Inequality: Ethics and Aid

Derrill Watson ()

Journal of Development Studies, 2014, vol. 50, issue 6, 864-876

Abstract: This article considers the inequality in the cross-country distribution of hunger using multiple ethical underpinnings. Under sovereign equality, each nation-state receives equal weighting, leading to the conclusion that hunger should be concentrated in a few large countries. Under the democratic ethic, individuals receive equal weighting and the global distribution of hungry people is irrelevant. Inequality aversion deliberately prefers equal levels of hunger across countries. These ideals are presented in a general social welfare function and compared to the actual changes in hunger during 1991-2001. The distribution of food aid to reduce both hunger and hunger inequality are considered.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2013.866222

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