Famine, Conflict and Response: A Basic Guide

Cuny, Frederick C.; Hill, Richard B.

ISBN 10: 1565490908 / ISBN 13: 9781565490901

Published by Kumarian Press, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Famine, Conflict and Response: A Basic Guide
• Publisher: Kumarian Press
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565490908
• ISBN 13: 9781565490901
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

About this title

Synopsis

* A practical guide to underlying causes and immediate, lasting solutions for famine
* Explains efficient use of resources in a crisis
* Written by a well-known disaster relief practitioner and humanitarian

Fred Cuny adopts an economic approach to wartime famine that is still considered innovative and challenging by field experts. His international fieldwork in both natural and man-made disasters is visionary and his approach to famine pragmatic. This book focuses on counter-famine measures revolving around people’s livelihoods, giving humanitarian relief workers a more permanent solution to world hunger.

About the Author

Fred Cuny, a disaster-relief practitioner and tireless humanitarian, disappeared in Chechnya in 1995.