K.M. Nabiul Islam, Research Fellow in Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), is currently carrying out research at Middlesex University, London, UK. He obtained higher education in National Economic Planning from Warsaw, Poland (1976-77) and in Rural Research and Rural Policy from Sussex, UK (1987). He is the author of a number of publications and books including Choice of Technology: Leather Manufacturing in Bangladesh (UPL, Dhaka 1990) and Fertilizer Manufacture in Bangladesh (UPL, 1992).