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| Verfasst von: | Sridhar, Devi Lalita  |
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| Titel: | The battle against hunger |
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| Titelzusatz: | choice, circumstance and the World Bank |
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| Verf.angabe: | Devi Sridhar |
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| Verlagsort: | Oxford |
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| Verlag: | Oxford Univ. Press |
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| Jahr: | 2008 |
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| Umfang: | XIX, 229 S. |
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| Illustrationen: | graph. Darst. |
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| Fussnoten: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-222) and index |
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| ISBN: | 0-19-954996-6 |
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| | 978-0-19-954996-2 |
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| Abstract: | Why have strategies to combat hunger in India failed so badly? How did a nation that prides itself on booming economic growth come to have half of its preschool population undernourished? This book takes up these questions and probes the issues surrounding the World Bank, development assistance, hunger, and aid and power. |
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| | We live in an increasingly prosperous world, yet the estimated number of undernourished people has risen, and will continue to rise with the doubling of food prices. A large majority of those affected are living in India. Why have strategies to combat hunger, especially in India, failed so badly? How did a nation that prides itself on booming economic growth come to have half of its preschool population undernourished?Using the case study of a World Bank nutrition project in India, this book takes on these questions and probes the issues surrounding development assistance, strategies to elimin |
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| DOI: | doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199549962.001.0001 |
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| URL: | Volltext: https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/oso/public/content/politicalscience/9780199549962/toc.html |
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| | Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199549962.001.0001 |
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| | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199549962.001.0001 |
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| Schlagwörter: | (k)Weltbank / (s)Hunger / (s)Bekämpfung / (s)Entwicklungsprojekt |
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| | (g)Tamil Nadu / (k)Weltbank / (s)Entwicklungsprojekt / (s)Hunger / (s)Bekämpfung |
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| | (k)Weltbank / (s)Hunger / (s)Bekämpfung / (s)Entwicklungsprojekt |
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| | (g)Tamil Nadu / (k)Weltbank / (s)Entwicklungsprojekt / (s)Hunger / (s)Bekämpfung |
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| Datenträger: | Online-Ressource |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Reproduktion: | Druckausg. u.d. T.: Sridhar, Devi Lalita, 1984 -: The battle against hunger. - Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2008. - XIX, 229 S |
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| (Gesamttitel): | Oxford scholarship online. Political Science |
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| (Umfang): | Online-Ressource |
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| (E-Jahr): | 2009 |
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| K10plus-PPN: | 1647699630 |
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| Lokale URL UB: |  Zum Volltext |
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