Military famine, human rights, and child hunger: A cross-national

Discussions of world hunger gave focused on economic growth and international food aid, asuming that food supply is th critical ssue. The authors show that food access rooted in social strarification and military power is the cenral problem. Synthesizing the entitlement and military famine approaches to hunger, the authors examine the effects of food supply, economic growth, social stratification, and military power on child hunger is largely due to gender stratification, militarization, and armed conflict. Halting war, expanding political rights, and improving gender equity reduce child hunger. Economic growth and programmatic international food aid reduce dhild hunger, but there are no benefits from increased total food supply or international emergency relief. Child hunger is an access problem best addressed by expanding social and political rights, reducing armed conflict and militarization, and improving women's status. Early warning and relief efforts should focus on these concerns instead of the "supply" concerns traditionally emphasized.