Famine in North Korea [electronic resource] : markets, aid, and reform / Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland ; foreword by Amartya Sen.
By: Haggard, Stephan.
Contributor(s): Noland, Marcus | ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, c2007Description: xxii, 309 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Famines -- Korea (North) | Food supply -- Korea (North) | Food relief -- Korea (North) | Korea (North) -- Economic conditions | Korea (North) -- Economic policy | Korea (North) -- Social conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 363.8095193 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. [283] - 301) and index.
Introduction: Famine, aid, and markets in North Korea -- The origins of the great famine -- The distribution of misery : famine and the breakdown of the public distribution system -- The aid regime : the problem of monitoring -- Diversion -- The political economy of aid -- Coping, marketization, and reform : new sources of vulnerability -- Conclusion : North Korea in comparative and international perspective.
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