
Volume II contains Swadesh Bose’s classic works on the consequences to Bangladesh of the Government of Pakistan that favored industrial development of West Pakistan at the expense of East Pakistan. Other subjects are the challenges to agriculture and poverty reduction in Bangladesh, monetary policy in post-liberation Bangladesh, the role of industrial policy and much more.
Contents:
This book is meant to he both a text for university students and a reference for professionals. As in the first edition, the various aspects of the geography are first explained and then followed by an exposition of the economy through the national accounting system. This is an innovation in teaching economic geography. The manner in which the national product is formed is first explained and then the fifteen major sectors are discussed with the aid of many tables and maps.
সত্তরের দশকের শুরুতে পুকুর, নদীনালার পানি পান করার ফলে কলেরা, ডায়রিয়ার মত পানিবাহিত রোগের প্রকোপে বাংলাদেশের সাধারণ জনগণ যখন জর্জরিত, সে সময় দেশি-বিদেশি জনস্বাস্থ্য উপদেষ্টাদের সুপারিশে সরকার সারাদেশে অসংখ্য গভীর নলকূপ স্থাপন করে তার থেকে খাবার পানি পানে দেশের মানুষকে অভ্যস্ত করে তোলেন। কেউ তখন পরীক্ষা করে দেখেননি এই পানিতে ক্ষতিকর কোন খনিজ আছে কিনা। ডায়রিয়া ও কলেরার প্রকোপ ধীরে ধীরে কমে আসে ঠিকই, কিন্তু এই সিদ্ধান্তের প্রায় দুই দশক পর আবিষ্কৃত হয় যে, দেশের অনেক অঞ্চলর নলকূপই আর্সেনিক নামক বিষাক্ত উপাদান দ্বারা দূষিত। ততদিনে দেশের অগণিত মানুষ আর্সেনিক জনিত রোগে
This monograph examines the problems of women’s political participation in Bangladesh. This study finds that women’s participation in politics is limited in Bangladesh despite the unique experience of having a woman prime minister and a woman opposition leader. How did Bangladesh get these two women political leaders? Despite having these two leaders why is women’s political participation low? What are the problems of women politicians of Bangladesh?
Bangladesh has significant coal deposits in the North of the Country.But discontent and the grassroots revolt against the open-cut mine has made “Phulbari Coal Mine’ synonymous to a crisis. In the Face of unprecedented resistance from the communities, any activity in Phulbari mine footprint remains suspended since August 2OO6.This book presents stunning facts, analyses, critiques and images to Explain why local communities and many others are strongly opposed to Open cut mine.
The magic of 10% economic growth suggests that the real income of an average citizen can double every decade into the foreseeable future. The primary obstacle to long run sustained growth in Bangladesh is land allocation. This monograph builds on the thoughts of many earlier Bangladeshi’s and proposes a concrete way of solving the current impasse. The proposal is called Compact Townships and seeks to build small, yet economic and ecologically sound, urban islands in rural Bangladesh.
With widespread human deprivations and inequalities, the challenges of development over the years have remained enormous. So at the beginning of a new millennium, the world has adopted the Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to reduce basic human poverty by 2015. Today, the world is at a crossroads with impressive but uneven progress on some fronts, significant gaps remaining and new challenges emerging.