Programme for research on chronic poverty in Bangladesh

19th - 20th February, 2006
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS),

Programme for research on Chronic Poverty in Bangladesh (PRCPB)

Description

A workshop at which about a dozen papers were presented by PRCPB and associated researchers on the dynamics of and mechanisms behind extreme and chronic poverty in rural Bangladesh; education, employment and poverty; popular expectations of government amongst the poor; urban destitution; and financing poverty reduction programmes.

Speakers and schedule

Quazi Shahabuddin, Director General
Rushidan Islam Rahman, Research Director
Bimal Kumar Sahal, Senior Research Fellow
Anwara Begum, Research Fellow

Event website

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Meeting reports

Among those papers presented were:

“Recent Trend in Rural Bangladesh: Evidence from 64 Villages Survey.”
“Natural Disasters, Risks, Vulnerability and Persistence of Poverty: An Analysis of Household Level Data.”

“Poverty Dynamics: A Study of Tenants and Agricultural Labourers in Bangladesh.”
“Linkages between Education and Poverty.”
“Poverty Dynamics: A Study of Tenants and Agricultural Labourers in Bangladesh."

Papers

Please find a comprehensive list of BIDS national papers here