Entitlement Failure from a Food Quality Perspective: The Life and Death Role of Vitamins and Minerals in Humanitarian Crises

Patrick Webb and Andrew Thorne-Lyman

No RP2006-140, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The substantive role that vitamin and mineral deficiencies play in shaping crisis-related morbidity and mortality was not widely understood when Amartya Sen elaborated his arguments about moral rights of the hungry, entitlements, and public action. This chapter examines two main aspects of the 'entitlement agenda' as they relate emergencies: (1) the role of micronutrients in contributing to diseases and death in humanitarian crises, and (2) knowledge and awareness of micronutrient concerns and solutions among the income-poor households most affected in emergencies.

Keywords: Food security; Food supply; Humanitarian assistance; Malnutrition; Public health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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