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Dynamics of Rural Growth in Bangladesh: Sustaining Poverty Reduction

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dc.contributor.authorFaruqee, Rashid
dc.contributor.authorGautam, Madhur
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-15T21:39:40Z
dc.date.available2016-06-15T21:39:40Z
dc.date.issued2016-06-15
dc.description.abstractThe rural economy in Bangladesh has powerfully advanced economic growth and substantially reduced poverty, especially since 2000, but the remarkable transformation and unprecedented dynamism in rural Bangladesh remain an underexplored, underappreciated, and largely untold story. Dynamics of Rural Growth in Bangladesh: Sustaining Poverty Reduction tells that story and inquires what specific actions Bangladesh might take—given the residual poverty and persistent malnutrition—to accelerate and channel its rural dynamism to sustain the gains in eliminating poverty, achieving shared prosperity, and advancing national aspirations to achieve middle-income status. The central element of this study, undertaken with the Government of Bangladesh Planning Commission to address key questions elicited through extensive consultation, is an empirical analysis that illuminates the underlying dynamics of rural growth, particularly the role of agriculture and its relationship to the nonfarm economy. Using all sources of data available for the macro-, meso-, and microhousehold levels, the analysis provides new evidence on changes in the rural economy and the principal drivers of rural incomes. It also examines market performance for high-value agricultural products and agriculture–nutrition linkages, based on new surveys and analysis. The resulting evidence, examined in light of the rich knowledge of rural development in Bangladesh, is used to delineate the implications for policy and the strategic priorities for sustaining future rural development, poverty reduction, food security, and nutrition. The effects of policy reforms, changes in technology, and investments in infrastructure and human capital described here, along with the persistent enterprise of rural Bangladeshi households, offer a compelling case study of how mutually reinforcing actions can trigger the highly-sought-after virtuous cycle of rural development. The findings clearly demonstrate the pro-poor nature of agricultural growth and its catalytic role in stimulating the rural nonfarm economy. They show that households have no linear or predictable pathway out of poverty; instead, they wisely employ a combination of farm and nonfarm income strategies to climb out of, and then stay out of, poverty. The results represent a strong contribution to the global thinking on rural transformation and on how agriculture in particular sustains the economic momentum that fosters poverty reduction and more widespread prosperity.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/978-1-4648-0876-0
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4648-0876-0
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/24544
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDirections in Development--Agriculture and Rural Development;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectBANGLADESH
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectINCOME DYNAMICS
dc.subjectCONNECTIVITY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE-NUTRITION LINKAGES
dc.subjectPOVERTY DYNAMICS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE DIVERSIFICATION
dc.subjectRURAL NON-FARM
dc.subjectVALUE CHAINS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subjectPOST-HARVEST LOSSES
dc.titleDynamics of Rural Growth in Bangladeshen
dc.title.subtitleSustaining Poverty Reductionen
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okr.crossref.titleDynamics of Rural Growth in Bangladesh: Sustaining Poverty Reduction
okr.date.disclosure2016-06-15
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okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryBangladesh
okr.topicAgriculture::Agricultural Sector Economics
okr.topicAgriculture::Food Security
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Pro-Poor Growth
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Poverty Reduction Strategies
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Global Value Chains and Business Clustering
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