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Famine in North Korea : markets, aid, and reform
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Famine in North Korea : markets, aid, and reform / Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland.
ISBN
0231140002 (clothbound : alk. paper)
0231511523 (e-book)
Published
New York : Columbia University Press, c2007.
Physical Description
xxii, 309 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 01, 2007
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: famine, aid, and markets in North Korea
Perspectives on the famine
The origins of the great famine
The distribution of misery: famine and the breakdown of the public distribution system
The dilemmas of humanitarian assistance
The aid regime: the problem of monitoring
Diversion
The political economy of aid
Dealing with a new North Korea
Coping, marketization, and reform: new sources of vulnerability
Conclusion: North Korea in comparative and international perspective
Appendix 1: Illicit activities
Appendix 2: The scope of the humanitarian aid effort
Appendix 3: The marketization balance sheet
Notes
References
Index.
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