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Comments on Alex de Waal's ‘Re‐assessment of Entitlement Theory in the Light of Recent Famines in Africa’

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Alex de Waal attempts to build his account of recent famines in Africa (de Waal, 1990) on the foundations of a critique of Amartya Sen's entitlement theory ‐ henceforth, Entitlement Theory (ET). The core of the paper is thus composed of two parts ‐ one critical and the other constructive. The constructive part, or at least the motivation behind it, is eminently useful, but the critical part, I am afraid, is rather off the mark. I shall argue that not only are his criticisms hard to accept, they are also not necessary for building his constructive part.

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  • S.R. Osmani, 1991. "Comments on Alex de Waal's ‘Re‐assessment of Entitlement Theory in the Light of Recent Famines in Africa’," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 22(3), pages 587-596, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:devchg:v:22:y:1991:i:3:p:587-596
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.1991.tb00426.x
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    1. Leslie Gray & Michael Kevane, 1993. "For Whom is the Rural Economy Resilient? Initial Effects of Drought in Western Sudan," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 24(1), pages 159-176, January.
    2. S. R. Osmani, 1993. "The Entitlement Approach to Famine: An Assessment," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-1993-107, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    3. Matthieu CLEMENT, 2009. "Amartya Sen’s socio-economic analysis of famines: scope, limitations and extensions (In French)," Cahiers du GREThA (2007-2019) 2009-25, Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée (GREThA).

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