Shiva on globalization

DMJ djenning at subdimension.com
Mon Mar 26 11:33:38 PST 2001


On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Doug Henwood wrote:


> [Globalization is responsible for school shooting and the deaths of
> Iraqis - though I thought it was Iraq's exclusion from world trade
> that was really doing the damage.]
>
> The Hindu - March 25, 2001
> (http://www.the-hindu.com/stories/1325061g.htm)
>
> Violence of globalisation
>

<blah blah blah>

That was really painful. However, I was wondering about this:


> During 1979-81 and 1992-93, calorie intake declined by three per cent
> in Mexico, 4.1 per cent in Argentina, 10.9 per cent in Kenya, 10.0 per
> cent in Tanzania, 9.9 per cent in Ethiopia. In India, the per capita
> cereal consumption declined by 12.2 per cent for rural areas and 5.4
> per cent for urban areas.

Are these reliable numbers?

thanks, david



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