Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi)
"Transformation of Bangladesh Villages during the Last 15 Years"
Project Leader: FUJITA, Koichi
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Bangladesh villages have been experiencing a drastic change during the
last 15-20 years in amidst of the rapid economic development achieved by
the country. This research project aims at understanding and analyzing
such drastic socioeconomic changes in rural Bangladesh, by resurveying
the two villages (one is in Tangail and the other is in Bogra) where the
author conducted a detailed household survey covering all the households
during 1992-93. Major findings so far include 1) a drastic increase in
the number of overseas employment among males and tiny but stable subcontracting
work among females was found in the Tangail village; 2) a drastic increase
of tubewells for irrigation and the intensification of land use was found
in Bogra village, which resulted in the rapid increase in wage rates for
unskilled agricultural laborers.
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