Dynamics of poverty, development and population mobility: The Bangladesh case / Rita Afsar.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Afsar, Rita, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Population and Demography.

Bangladesh.

Local Subjects:

Population and Demography.

Bangladesh.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (23 pages)

Contained In:

Asia-Pacific Population Journal Vol. 19, no. 2, p. 69-91 19:2<69 15644278

Place of Publication:

New York : United Nations, 2005.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Over the last decade, the landscape of Bangladesh has changed remarkably with the persistent mobility of people. This is an emerging reality in the development discourse of the country, which reflects the dynamic interactions between spaces and poverty. In response to improvements in markets, communications and transport and a better access to electricity, migration has assumed great importance in constructing livelihood strategies of the people and economy of the country. In light of the changing situation in Bangladesh, links between migration and development need to be re-examined. Moreover, there is a considerable vacuum to understand migration-poverty interface in the country (Chaudhury, 1978; Chaudhury and Curlin, 1975; Islam and Begum, 1983; Krishnan and Rowe, 1978; Rahman and others, 1996; Hossain and others, 1999; Afsar, 1999; Hossain and others, 2003a). The main purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of population mobility on poverty alleviation and document how that impact is changing the development parameters of the country. More specifically, the paper examines the impact of migration on the migrants and their families at destinations and then, on overall rural economy and urbanization in order to capture the dynamic interactions between population mobility and other development parameters. It also assesses how far poverty alleviation strategies capture those realities and the gaps. Policies that should be adopted to address the gaps and the emerging realities are also recommended in the conclusion.

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