The Odds Revisited

Political Economy of the Development of Bangladesh
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-009-12313-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 18, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Reihe: South Asia in the Social Sciences

This book looks at Bangladesh at and beyond its fifty years since its formation in 1971. A comprehensive, holistic narrative is constructed to track key development dynamics at the sectoral, sub-sectoral and macro levels. This much-needed exercise dispels the notion that the 'Bangladesh surprise' can be reduced to singular dimensions such as the trauma of the 1971 war or women's empowerment and micro-credit. The mixture of economic history, political economy and institutional and actor analysis provide fresh insights to the themes addressed. A well-argued case to view emerging Bangladesh as the newest member of the Flying Geese club, The Odds Revisited includes a detailed review of macro and sectoral developments over the last fifty years and provides new material and insights into the rise of Bangladesh's capitalist class; a socio-economic perspective of the role of Dhaka-based urbanization; and the rise of a new middle class.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Murshid, K A S

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of tables; List of figures; Abbreviations and local terms; Acknowledgement; Introduction; 1. A bird's view of the Bangladesh economy: 1971–20; 2. Initial conditions: the odds revisited; 3. The food security challenge; 4. Exploring transition and change in the rice market; 5. International migration; 6. The rural non-farm (RNF) sector; 7. Industrialization and the rise of RMG; 8. Industralization – other stories; 9. The social sector puzzle; 10. Dhaka: capital formation – urbanization, competition and the rise of a business class; 11. Conclusion; References; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Murshid, K A S
K. A. S. Murshid is a Bangladeshi development economist with a distinguished career in academia and research leadership. He has made seminal contributions to the development literature particularly on agrarian markets and rural development and published extensively in development journals including World Development, Journal of Agrarian Change, and Journal of Development Studies. He retired as the Director General of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies in early 2021. He has done high quality policy research on diverse topics including rural electrification, solar homes, informal finance, mobile financial systems, cross-border trade and transit, food policy, adolescent violence, and youth unemployment.