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Just Hungry investigates the potential of land §reform to reduce hunger in developing countries. §Towards this end, it studies the relationship §between land concentration and chronic hunger in 41 §countries across the developing world. The §book analyses whether developing countries with a §more egalitarian distribution of land enjoy less §hunger than countries where land is concentrated in §the hands of the few. If this is the case, land §reform could act as a means for reducing hunger. The §study finds both the highest and the lowest levels §of food insecurity where land is concentrated in the §hands of the few, and concludes that the effect of §land reform on food insecurity will depend on the §share of the population that relies on agriculture §for a living, as well as the level of food §availability in the country. Another important §finding is the possibility of a "Low §Land Concentration Trap", from which highly food- §insecure countries with egalitarian land §distributions may find very hard to escape.

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Book category Books in English Economics, finance, business & management Economics Political economy

• Full title: Just Hungry
• Subtitle: Can Land Reform Reduce Hunger in Developing Countries?
• Author: Anne Margrethe Brigham
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 252
• EAN: 9783639155761
• ISBN: 3639155769
• ID: 06824071
• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Weight: 372 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 14 mm
• Date of publishing: 05. June 2009

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