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Subject(s)

• Rural poor—Bangladesh [Browse]
• Bangladesh—Rural conditions [Browse]
• Bangladesh—Social conditions [Browse]

Related name

• Matsui, Noriatsu [Browse]
• Ikemoto, Yukio [Browse]

Series

Routledge studies in development economics. [More in this series]

Summary note

This book examines rural poverty in Bangladesh. Based on detailed empirical research and surveys of households in Bangladesh, it provides an accurate portrait of the everyday situations faced by the rural poor in Bangladesh today, covering all aspects of household behaviour. All of the key issues are explored, including health, nutrition, housing conditions, human capital, household asset and liabilities, gender issues, livelihood strategies, distribution of household income and expenditure, social capital, intergenerational mobility of the chronically poor, women's mobility, shocks

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

Contents

• Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; Part I: Socio-demographic issues; Chapter 2: Population and household characteristics; Part II: Monetary issues; Chapter 3: Distribution of household income and expenditure; Chapter 4: Household assets and liabilities; Part III: Health and nutrition issues; Chapter 5: Health and child nutrition; Chapter 6: Food, nutrition and dietary diversity; Chapter 7: Poverty and food security; Part IV: Human- and social-capital issues; Chapter 8: Poverty and human capital: Education and literacy
• Chapter 9: Profile of social capital and women's mobilityPart V: Vulnerability issues; Chapter 10: Livelihood strategies: Constraints and choices; Chapter 11: Shocks and coping strategies; Chapter 12: Vulnerability to poverty in rural Bangladesh; Chapter 13: Synthesis and recommendations; Appendix 1: Quantitative survey; Appendix 2: List and location of selected villages; Appendix 3: Important socio-economic indicators of sample households; Appendix 4: Important socio-economic indicators of sample households by year of schooling
• Appendix 5: Important socio-economic indicators of sample households by landholding sizeAppendix 6: Important socio-economic indicators of sample households by gender; Bibliography; Index

ISBN

• 1-134-04001-6
• 1-281-89976-3
• 9786611899769
• 0-203-88857-X

OCLC

437233727

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