Re-thinking Economic Development Green Revolution, Agrarian Structure and Transformation in Bangladesh

by Fujita, Koichi; Sato, Minako

• ISBN13: 9781920901165
• ISBN10: 1920901167
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-04-01
• Publisher: Trans Pacific Press

Summary

This study investigates the impact of agrarian development programs on rural class structure in Bangladesh, and it highlights how the local administration of infrastructure affected the social stratification of villages. Re-thinking Economic Development shows how the so-called Green Revolution was conducive to the formation of the groundwater market and the emergence of the 'waterlords.' The book demonstrates the ways in which the failure of formal finance facilities contributed to the credit flow from the wealthy to the poor, with the transformation of the potato-marketing system and the structure of rural finance.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. viii
List of Tables	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction-Re-thinking Economic Development in Bangladesh: Issues and Approaches	p. 1
Economic Development and Rural Transformation in Bangladesh	p. 13
The Green Revolution And Rural Class Structure
The Formation of the Groundwater Market and Rural Income Distribution: The Emergence of Waterlords	p. 39
The Transformation of the Groundwater Market during the 1990s	p. 61
Irrigation and Agricultural Development in West Bengal, India	p. 89
The Changing Agrarian Structure And Finance
Credit Flow from the Wealthy to the Poor	p. 113
Addendum to Chapter 5: The Fallacy and Reality of Microcredit	p. 155
Transformation of the Potato-marketing System and Finance	p. 166
Infrastructure, Government, And Rural Society
Local Administration of Infrastructure Development, Village Society, and Rural Classes	p. 195
Conclusion	p. 231
Notes	p. 242
References	p. 278
Subject Index	p. 290
Name Index	p. 301
Location Index	p. 302
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