© Columbia University Press
Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform
Paper, 368 pages, 59 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-14001-0
$24.50
/ £17.00
April, 2007
Cloth, 368 pages, 59 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-14000-3
$36.50
/ £25.00
"A rigorous study." — Anna Fifield, Financial Times
"This book belongs on the list of required reading." — Claudia Rosett, New York Sun
"This is a haunting, exasperating, sobering look at an ongoing tragedy." — Terry Hong, The Bloomsbury Review
"The quality of analysis and prose is consistently high throughout." — Brian Myers, Acta Koreana
"A comprehensive and penetrating account." — Swarthmore College Bulletin
"A readable, well-researched, and insightful analysis... Highly recommended." — Choice
"Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform offers a systematic bird’s eye view of the fundamental causes and consequences of North Korea’s famine." — Chung Min Lee, Asia Policy
"Backed by data treated with appropriate caution, Haggard and Noland cogently present the sad North Korean story . . . [An] impressive work." — The Lancet
"Famine in North Korea is as good as the best of its genre." — Raghav Gaiha, Development and Change
"[An] essential book." — Stephen Devereux, Journal of Economic Literature
"This is a book that must be read by people interested in the economics of poverty and hunger, or in the politics of authoritarianism, or in the role—and the difficulties—of international assistance in the miserable world in which we live. It is an admirable contribution on a truly important subject." — From the foreword by Amartya Sen, winner of the Nobel Prize in economics
"Famine in North Korea is the authoritative account of the famine, examining its origins and impact from the level of the individual household to the high politics of international diplomacy. It is an extraordinary book, essential reading for anyone interested in the issues of famine, economic transition, and the future of the Korean peninsula." — Joseph E. Stiglitz, winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, and author of Making Globalization Work
"The UN General Assembly resolutions on human rights in North Korea have underscored the failure of the North Korean government to protect its people from gross human rights abuses. In Famine in North Korea, Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland compellingly outline the case with respect to food. This book is critical for any understanding of the humanitarian and human rights crisis on the Korean peninsula." — Vaclav Havel, former President of the Czech Republic