Agricultural Transformation and Rural Poverty in Bangladesh

This book is a commemorative volume dedicated to the memory of Dr. Mahabub Hossain, a highly respected scholar and Bangladesh's most renowned expert in agricultural economics and rural development. Compiled by his colleagues and admirers from Bangladesh and South Asia, the essays reflect on the country's rapidly changing rural context, while others offer comparative perspectives from India or a broader pan-South Asian view. The topics span a wide canvas but are unified by a common focus on agriculture and rural development.

The table of contents features contributions from leading academics, covering subjects such as the transformation of Bangladesh's agriculture, food policy frameworks, the adoption of yield-increasing technologies, and the success and failure of various rural development models. Other chapters address the structural sources of risk and vulnerability for the poor, the reality of microcredit as a potential debt trap, and the impact of remittances on poverty. The volume concludes with analyses of structural transformation, the absorption of surplus labor, and the changing situation of agricultural laborers, making it a comprehensive resource on the subject.