Publication

This paper discusses the ways in which liberalization and global market dependence affect poverty, hunger and "entitlements" – the political, social and economic resources that condition an individual's access to food and basic needs. It considers ways in which peasant communities and organizations can be central actors in resisting or negotiating the effects of the marketplace. It presents two case studies of rural producers' organizations to illustrate how they can shed light on both development as entitlement provision and "development as freedom".