Bangladesh Studies

The magic of 10% economic growth suggests that the real income of an average citizen can double every decade into the foreseeable future. The primary obstacle to long run sustained growth in Bangladesh is land allocation. This monograph builds on the thoughts of many earlier Bangladeshi’s and proposes a concrete way of solving the current impasse. The proposal is called Compact Townships and seeks to build small, yet economic and ecologically sound, urban islands in rural Bangladesh.

Policing and law enforcement should not be seen in isolation. One needs to know the interplay of different socio-political forces that has a bearing on this basic regulatory function. This volume consists of sixty-four selected essays published in the national dailies during the years 2003 and 2008. The need for publication of the present volume was felt as there was a continuing discourses on desirable, objective law enforcement and the conduct of our police functionaries.

This book is based on a restudy undertaken during the second half of the I 990s of a village that Kirsten Westergaard studied in 1975/76, and which she named Boringram. The period between the two studies had witnessed many changes at the policy level in Bangladesh. Over time, the ideology of socialism had been abandoned and replaced by capitalism, emphasizing liberalisation and privatisation as well as other structural adjustment reforms.