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9780190121112

Dhaka's Changing Landscape Prospects for Economic Development, Social Change, and Shared Prosperity

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    9780190121112

  • ISBN10:

    0190121114

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2020-03-28
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Author Biography


Rita Afsar, Research Fellow (Hon), Faculty of Arts, School of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia,Mahbub Hossain, Advisor, Executive Director, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Rita Afsar is Research Fellow (Hon), Faculty of Arts, School of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia.
Mahabub Hossain was Advisor to Executive Director, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), Dhaka, and distinguished professor and chair, Department of Economics and Social Sciences, BRAC University

Mahabub Hossain was Advisor to Executive Director, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), Dhaka, Bangladesh, and chairperson of BRAC University's Department of Economics and Social Sciences.

Table of Contents


Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abreviations
List of Tables, figures, and boxes
Glossary
1. Dhaka's Changing Landscape: Prospects for Economic Development, Social Change, and Shared Prosperity
2. Rapid Urbanization and Population Changes in Dhaka City: The Demographic Dividend
3. Migration and Rural-Urban Connectivity: The Need for Reconstructing New Theoretical Approaches
4. Migration and Occupational Changes: Dreams and Relaities of Better Livelihoods
5. Dynamics of Livelihoods, Income, and Proverty: The Scope for Shared Prosperity
6. Quality of Life: Shared Modes of Basic Services and the Sustainable Development Goals
7. Impact of Urbanization on Health and Education: Progress and Inter-generational Prospects for Shared Prosperity
8. Migration, Modernization, and Social Change: An Enquiry into Migrants' Attitudinal Changes
9. Better Lives, Better Incomes but Slip Prospects for Shared Prosperity
Bibliography
Appendices
Index
About the Authors

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