
By Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir (Editor) Nichole Georgeou (Editor) Anis Chowdhury (Editor)
Publisher(s): The University Press Limited (UPL)   
First Published: April 2021 No. of Pages: 151 Weight (kg): 0.5
UPL Showroom Price: 570.00 BDT
This compilation aims to provide readers with an insight into the diversity of Bangladesh’s experience in the first 25 weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic. The sixteen analytical snapshots examine how different populations adapted to the public health crisis. They highlight why an understanding of the socio-political and economic impacts of COVID-19 is necessary to inform and determine strategies for sustainable economic recovery, resilience and inclusive social development, and that for Bangladesh to thrive, universal public health and social protection systems must be the central focus of reforms and policy initiatives. This cross-institutional publication promotes a policy approach of active restraint to enable the presence of public goods provision, redistributive actions, macro-financial interventions, and structural policy reforms. By capturing the country’s initial response, this book provides a useful reference for policymakers, academics, and students interested in the intersection of social policy and disaster response in South Asian societies.
Contents
Overview
Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, Nichole Georgeou and Anis Chowdhury
Chapter 1: Class, Power and Inequality in Bangladesh
Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir
Chapter 2: COVID-19 Governance Catastrophe in Bangladesh
Khandakar Farid Uddin
Chapter 3: Public Health Preparedness and Response: A Human Rights Perspective
Md. Zobayer Hossain
Chapter 4: Resilient Transnational Social Activism in Bangladesh
Mubashar Hasan
Chapter 5: The Impact of the Pandemic on the Rural Economy of Bangladesh
Fahim Shahriar
Chapter 6: Impacts of the Pandemic on the Informal Economy
Md. Abdullah Al Mamun and Khandakar Farid Uddin
Chapter 7: Responses and Strategies of Actors in the Informal Economy
Md. Abdul Khaleque
Chapter 8: Urban Slums: A Multitude of Vulnerabilities
Adrina Ibnat Jamilee Adiba
Chapter 9: The Ready-Made Garment (RMG) Sector: Vulnerabilities and Resilience
Md. Juwel Ahmed Sarker
Chapter 10: Returned Migrant Workers: The Need for Psychosocial Support
Ahmed Abidur Razzaque Khan and Nichole Georgeou
Chapter 11: The Socio-economic Realities of Migrant Workers
Nazneen Sultana
Chapter 12: Peasants and Farmers: Impacts and Resilience
Wahid Haider
Chapter 13: Women's Responses, Rights and Resilience
Ruhun Wasata
Chapter 14: Elderly People: Vulnerabilities and Policy Failures
Md. Shah Paran
Chapter 15: Persons with Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Mostafa Walid Pasha
Chapter 16: The Pandemic and Rohingya Refugees
Md. Niamot Ali
Chapter 17: Afterword: Bangladesh's Response in the Global Context 127
Anis Chowdhury
This book features in: Sociology Medical Science and Public Health Development Studies