Development studies

thumb|upright=1.35|Two men and a child, all dead from starvation during the Russian famine of 1921–1922 A famine is a widespread scarcity of food caused by several possible factors, including, but not limited to: war, natural disasters, crop failure, widespread poverty, an economic catastrophe or government policies. This phenomenon is usually accompanied or followed by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality. Every inhabited continent in the world has experienced a period of famine throughout history. During the 19th and 20th centuries, Southeast and South Asia, a

economics of developing economies

statistical analysis that ranks all countries on levels of access to nutrition

explanation for the process of modernization within societies

legal position allowing a person to require a certain thing from another person or other persons

human right to personal autonomy, self-ownership, and self-determination

branch of geography

multidisciplinary branch of social science which addresses issues of concern to developing countries

theories about how desirable change in society is best achieved

economic theory

The concept of something being owed to or deserved of by someone, or the impression thereof.

application of anthropological perspectives to the multidisciplinary branch of development studies

former graduate school in Geneva, Switzerland

sociological theory