Rural Poverty in Bangladesh: A Report to the Like-minded Group
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This report offers an approach to, and analysis of, rural poverty in Bangladesh which is clearly an alternative to much conventional thinking. It focuses specifically on the very poor rural majority and situates them within the wider social and political realities of the country. It is qualitative as well as quantitative and goes beyond the usual definitions and measurements of poverty to try to understand the processes and causes of impoverishment. Two sets of questions are tackled in particular. First, what is the present configuration of rural poverty in Bangladesh and how have conditions changed over time? Second, what have been the patterns of development assistance, and within the context of national policies and programmes, how and to what extent has this assistance affected the lives of the rural poor?
Koen de Wilde
Koen de Wilde studied political and social science at the University of Amsterdam. He has a vast working experience in Bangladesh, in various capacities, spanning a period of more than thirty years. He was involved in the different stages of the Char Development and Settlement Project (CDSP) along the southeastern coast, and in Integrated Coastal Zone Management. Currently, he is Chief Technical Adviser of CDSP III, on a contract with Euroconsult Mott MacDonald.
Mosharaff Hossain
Dr. Mosharaff Hossain is Professor of Economics, Dhaka University, and a former member of Planning Commission, Government of Bangladesh. He was a visiting scholar, Brooking Institution, Washington DC; Fellow, University of York, England; Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford; the Christian Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway; OECD Development Centre, Paris; Senior Consulting Fellow, the Population Council, New York. He is co-author of Rural Asia: Challenge and Opportunity (Asian Development Bank); Pattern of a Peasant Economy: The Assault that Failed (UNRISD, Geneva), The Floods in Bangladesh and Rural Poverty in Bangladesh.
Eirik G. Jansen
Eirik G. Jansen has been a research fellow at the Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway since 1975. From 1976-78, he was a Visiting Scholar Scholar at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies. He has served as a consultant to internatioal agencies and bilateral donors during the last 10 years in bangladesh. He started to conduct research on the country boat sector in Bangladesh in the late 1970s and he was the Project Manager of the Norwegian/Dutch financed Country Boat study. His publishes work include: Rural Bangladesh: Competition for Scarce Resources (Norwegian University Press/Oxford University Press/UPL, Dhaka, 1987). He was a co-author of Rural Poverty in bangladesh: A Report to the Like-minded Group (North South Institute, Ottawa, 1985), and Bangladesh Country
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