Ethics, Hunger and Globalization: In Search of Appropriate PoliciesPer Pinstrup-Andersen, Peter Sandøe Springer Science & Business Media, 20. jul. 2007 - 334 sider The book “Ethics, Hunger and Globalization” adds an ethics dimension to the debate and research about poverty, hunger, and globalization. Outstanding scholars and practitioners from several disciplines discuss what action is needed for ethics to play a bigger role in action by governments, civil society, and the private sector to reduce poverty and hunger within the context of globalization. The book concludes that much of the rhetoric by policy makers is not followed up with appropriate action to fight poverty, hunger, and malnutrition and discusses the role of ethics in attempts to match action with rhetoric. The book also concludes that a better understanding of the values underlying both public- and private-sector action towards the alleviation of poverty and hunger would lead to more enlightened policies and a greater success in attempts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. The interaction between ethical, economic, and policy aspects are discussed and scholars and experienced practitioners from several disciplines suggest how such integration may be promoted for the benefit of low-income people in developing countries. The cohesive, multidisciplinary, intellectual treatment of the subject of ethics and hunger makes this book not only intellectually stimulating but well grounded in realities. Taking into account the new evidence and the various perspectives presented by the authors of this book would undoubtedly result in a more enlightened debate, better government policies, and appropriate guidance of globalization for the benefit of the poor. |
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... areas related to hunger; from agricultural policies and research to technology development, from food production to food safety. Equally important, by embracing a human-rights perspective, we are able to draw on tools of legal ...
... areas. The rural poor who suffer from hunger lack access to land resources, are often bound by unjust sharecropping contracts, or cannot grow enough food to feed themselves or their families. The shocking truth is: We know that hunger ...
... areas – feeding people who are in immediate need through such things as soup kitchens, and humanitarian relief and development efforts for people affected by natural and human-made disasters. Gilbert argues that most of the religious ...
... areas for action in institutional innovation, and incentives for inducing improved ethical behavior in the food system. 1. The creation of something like a 'Hippocratic oath' for all system actors, and a related set of codes of conduct ...
... areas of developing countries, but urban poverty is also increasing rapidly in most regions. Both the number of poor people and their prevalence as a percentage of the total population is decreasing in China and other parts of East and ...
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An Ethicists Perspective | 29 |
Development Institutions | 50 |
What HungerRelated Ethics Lessons can we Learn | 71 |
Principles | 93 |
Millennium Development Goals and Other Good Intentions | 111 |
What We Know About Poverty and What We Must | 130 |
A NonGovernmental Organization | 149 |
Economic Development Equality Income | 165 |
On the Ethics and Economics of Changing Behavior 181 | 180 |
Ethics Hunger and the Case | 215 |
Agricultural Subsidy and Trade Policies | 263 |
Food Safety Standards in Rich and Poor Countries 281 | 280 |
Concluding Reflections on the Role of Ethics | 305 |
Index | 323 |
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