by Alex De Waal (Author)
The world almost conquered famine. Until the 1980s, this scourge killed ten million people every decade, but by early 2000s mass starvation had all but disappeared. Today, famines are resurgent, driven by war, blockade, hostility to humanitarian principles and a volatile global economy.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 276
Edition: 1
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 24 Nov 2017
ISBN 10: 1509524665
ISBN 13: 9781509524662