World Bank Group2016-05-312016-05-312016-05-17https://hdl.handle.net/10986/24369The rural economy in Bangladesh has been a powerful source of economic growth and has substantially reduced poverty, especially since 2000, but the remarkable transformation and unprecedented dynamism in rural Bangladesh are an underexplored, underappreciated, and largely untold story. The analysis identifies the key changes occurring in the rural economy, the principal drivers of rural incomes, the implications for policy, and related actions to foster future growth, further reduce poverty, and improve food security and nutrition. A substantial strength of this study is its empirical foundation, consisting of three sets of detailed data on rural households. Two of the datasets are unique in tracking the same set of households for more than two decades. These data make it possible to examine how change is occurring within and among rural households; they shed considerable light on trends that tend to be obscured at more aggregate levels of analysis. Nationally representative surveys and aggregate secondary data provide complementary and contextually rich insights into the household data.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOSAFETY NET PROGRAMSAGRICULTURAL RESEARCHCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURESHOUSEHOLD SURVEYFARM GROWTHPOVERTY LINEFOOD COMMODITIESECONOMIC GROWTHPRICE STABILIZATIONPOLITICSCROP SELECTIONPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY RATESFARM PRODUCTIVITYCOUNTERFACTUALFEMALE PARTICIPATIONPOST-REFORMRURAL LIVELIHOODSRURAL INCOMESFARM INCOMEFARM HOUSEHOLDSFARM AREARURAL POORPOVERTY MEASURESSMALL FARMSRURAL UNEMPLOYMENTAGRICULTURAL WAGECROP YIELDCROP PRODUCTIONTECHNICAL ASSISTANCEIRRIGATION EXPANSIONRURAL HOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD HEADPOOR HOUSEHOLDAGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGYLAND LEASINGRURAL CONSUMERINCOME GROWTHLANDLESS HOUSEHOLDSINCOME -GENERATING ACTIVITIESEXTREMELY POOR HOUSEHOLDSTRANSFERSRURAL FARMFARM ACTIVITYPOOR HEALTHPOVERTY STATUSESTIMATES OF POVERTYLAND DEGRADATIONAGRICULTURAL ECONOMYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUMAN CAPITAL ASSETSFOOD EXPENDITURESLAND OWNERSHIPCALORIE INTAKEFARMERSLAND DISTRIBUTIONHOUSEHOLD HEADSFOOD ITEMSFARM PRODUCTSNUTRITIONAL STATUSCROP YIELDSHUMAN CAPITALDROUGHTFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDSPOOR POLICYRURAL GROWTHFARM- GATEPOVERTY MAPPINGAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENTRURAL POVERTYCOLD STORAGEMALNUTRITIONRURALRURAL WORKERSRURAL EMPLOYMENTRURAL MARKETSHUMAN CAPITAL ENDOWMENTSSOCIAL POLICIESRURAL WORKFORCEFARM INCOMESRURAL RESIDENTSAGRARIAN REFORMLACK OF INFRASTRUCTUREIRRIGATIONACCESS TO SERVICESFOOD SAFETYFOOD SUPPLYAGRICULTURAL PRODUCECOMMUNITY GROUPSHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONINCOME QUINTILEFOOD PRICESFOOD PROCESSINGFARM-GATEHUMAN DEVELOPMENTPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR PERSONSANITATIONPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD SIZERISKSAGRICULTURAL GROWTHLANDHOLDINGSRURAL ENTREPRENEURSINCOME POVERTYFOOD CONSUMPTIONINCOMEAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESLIVESTOCK PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTFOOD QUALITYFOOD POLICYCHEMICAL FERTILIZERSAGRICULTURAL EXTENSIONPOOR PEOPLERURAL LABORCROP VARIETIESRURAL POPULATIONMEASURESSAFETY NETSPOVERTY REDUCTIONRURAL FOOD SECURITYLACK OF CREDITAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTHSAVINGSFOOD BASKETAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIESRURAL HOUSEHOLDCASH CROPSRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL INCOMEFOOD PRICEFOOD PREPARATIONFARM EMPLOYMENTAGRARIAN REFORMSFARM SIZECROP DIVERSIFICATIONLIVESTOCK PRODUCTSAGRICULTURAL WAGESHOUSEHOLD INCOMEFARM WORKERSCATTLE NUMBERSECONOMIC POLICIESWELFARE INDICATORSRURAL ROADSFARM SECTORFOOD PRODUCTSSHARECROPPINGBETTER ACCESS TO MARKETSPOOR INFRASTRUCTUREPOVERTY PROFILEFOOD PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL POLICYUNEMPLOYMENTPOVERTY LINESFOOD SECURITYRURAL VULNERABILITYCLIMATE CHANGESHARE TENANCYFARM INCOME GROWTHFARM PRODUCTIONINCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIESRURAL AREACHRONICALLY POORFARM ACTIVITIESLIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITYINCOME DISTRIBUTIONAGRICULTURAL SECTORSOCIAL IMPACTSRURAL SETTINGSFOOD EXPENDITUREEMPLOYMENT STATUSRURAL ECONOMYECONOMIC EFFICIENCYAGRICULTURAL LANDFOOD SAFETY STANDARDSRURAL TOWNSFARM WORKNUTRITIONLAND SIZEACCESS TO MARKETSFOOD TRANSFERSEMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTUREFOOD GRAINSFOOD INSECURITYAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSRURAL INVESTMENTAGRICULTURAL WORKERSINCOME DYNAMICSLAND PRODUCTIVITYFOOD CROPEXTREME POVERTYEXPANSION OF IRRIGATIONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENTPOVERTYRURAL AREASAGRICULTURAL INCOMESPOOR FARMERSRURAL ENTERPRISESAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYRURAL TRANSFORMATIONPOVERTY DYNAMICSINCOME GAINSHOUSEHOLD WELFAREPOORPOVERTY ASSESSMENTLACK OF INFORMATIONFARM EFFICIENCYRURAL DEVELOPMENTREMOTE AREASINDICATORS OF POVERTYLAND MANAGEMENTCROP INCOMEEXTREME VULNERABILITYINEQUALITYReportWorld Bank10.1596/24369