POVERTY,

GENDER &
INEQUALITY
Course Instructor : Dr. Kazi Maruf
Presented By: Group Members

• Riaz Ahmed -16141005

• Md. Mahbubul Alam -16141011

The • Muin Mustadi -16141023

Magnificent • Towkir Ahmmed
Seven
-16141033

• Muin Ahmed -16141063

• Samsul Alam -16141075

• Labib Muhammad -16141079

Famines &
Other Crises
 Factors that influence a person’s or

family’s entitlement
Entitlement
& • Endowment
Interdependence
• Production Possibilities

• Exchange Conditions
 • Famine in sub-Saharan countries due to fragile

equilibria ruptured by shift in exchange rate.

Famine • Famine in Bangladesh when per capita food availability

Causation was at peak.

• Famine in Wollo, Ethiopia due to entitlement losses

when food output decreases.

• Famine in Bengal due to continuous increase in

purchasing power of a particular occupational group.

 Famine
Causation
 • Re-creating minimum level of income & entitlement

for people who are hit by economic change.

Famine • Re-create total income or resupply normal food

Prevention consumption for famine affected people.

• Better sanitation, health community service to reduce

mortality rate, prevent infectious spread of diseases.

• Entitlement protection – antipoverty programs,

unemployment insurance.
 Famine
And
Alienation
 Production,
Diversification
&
Growth
 The Public policy here takes the form of drawing on very

Employment different institutional arrangements :

Route • State support in creating income & employment;

& • Operation of private markets for food & labor;

Agency • Reliance on normal commerce & business.

Issue
Democracy
and
Famine
Prevention
 Incentives,
Information
& The
Prevention
of
Famine
Protective
Role of
Democracy
Transparency
Security
and Asian
Economic
Crisis
Concluding
Remarks