This book is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Mahabub Hossain, a highly respected scholar and researcher who was Bangladesh's best-known expert in agricultural economics and rural development. It draws upon a commemorative volume put together by his colleagues, friends and admirers drawn from Bangladesh and other parts of South Asia. The Bangladeshi contributors have written on Bangladesh's fast changing rural context while others have written either on the Indian experience or taken a broader pan-South Asian view. The topics span a large canvas but are joined together with a common refrain around agriculture and rural development.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The Transformation of Bangladesh’s Agriculture Azizur Rahman Khan
Chapter 2: Agricultural and Food Policy Framework in Bangladesh: An Assessment Quazi Shahabuddin and Atiqur Rahman
Chapter 3: Indian Agriculture after Liberalisation Abhijit Sen and Jayati Ghosh
Chapter 4: Determinants of Adoption of Rice Yield Gap Minimisation Technology in Bangladesh M. Asaduzzaman and Asif Reza Anik
Chapter 5: Bangladesh Experience in Rural Development: The Success and Failure of the Various Models Used Kazi Ali Toufique
Chapter 6: Smallholder Agriculture and Inclusive Rural Transformation Atiqur Rahman
Chapter 7: Addressing the Structural Sources of Risk and Vulnerability for the Resource Poor Rehman Sobhan
Chapter 8: Is Microcredit a Debt Trap for the Poor? Sifting Reality from Myth S. R. Osmani
Chapter 9: Remittances and Poverty: A Comparison of Bangladesh and Pakistan, 2000–2016 Rashid Amjad
Chapter 10: Structural Transformation and Absorption of Surplus Labour Rizwanul Islam
Chapter 11: Changes in the Situation of Agricultural Labourers in Bangladesh Rushidan Islam Rahman
Chapter 12: Is There an Economics of Social Business? Wahiduddin Mahmud