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dc.contributor.authorHossain, M
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:06:09Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:06:09Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.issn0262-7280
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0262728014533851
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/66998
dc.description.abstractInspired by the global ambition to eradicate poverty through the Millennium Development Goals, to be achieved by 2015, this article finds that continuing population growth in South Asia will make such goals impossible to achieve. Rather than sinking into despair, however, the article first captures specifically the major demographic reasons behind the troubling bottlenecks of development in South Asia. Since tackling those demographic issues will not yield tangible results in the short run, the focus of analysis then switches to arguing that other creative development remedies are indeed feasible. Given that there is no scarcity of food in South Asia, but it simply does not reach those who need it most, the article demonstrates that India's recent Food Security Act of 2013 may be a globally relevant model of concerted state action to tackle deep poverty and avoid mass starvation. This article breaks new ground in relation to implementing state-led social welfare measures, showing that earlier assessments about Asian development may have been too pessimistic.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage
dc.publisher.placeIndia
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom133
dc.relation.ispartofpageto153
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalSouth Asia Research
dc.relation.ispartofvolume34
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther economics not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode389999
dc.titleBuilding Responsible Social Protection in South Asia: India's Food Security Act as a New Direction
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Department of International Business and Asian Studies
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorHossain, Moazzem


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