Rural developmet of Bangladesh
The Problems and Prospects of Rural Development in Bangladesh: A study on some selected geographic area.
Chapter 1
1.1 Introduction
Bangladesh with its 38% people living below poverty line and 18% living in absolute poverty is suffering from acute rural-urban economic disparity coupled with illiteracy, lack of proper health and sanitation facilities. The country’s economy is basically an agrarian one with vast majority living in rural areas. The agriculture sector is unable to provide any further scope for employment resulting in influx of rural population towards urban areas.
Rural areas are characterized by stagnant agriculture and scanty industries. Underemployment and unemployment is a regular phenomenon particularly in rural areas. The vast human resources have remained unutilized due to lack of education, proper training and concerted efforts to help grow the rural economy. It results in uneven distribution of income which causes serious setback in balanced geographical growth as well as growth of GDP.
1.2 Literature review
The rural development model as conceived by the Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development
(BARD) and known as the “Comilla Model” emphasized the formation of cooperatives and the integration of support services provided by government departments originated in the early 1960s. The Government of Bangladesh (1984) formulated and adopted Strategy for Rural Development Projects (a Sectoral Policy Paper of the Planning
Commission) in January 1984. The rural development strategy contained three components:
i) Development of physical infrastructure including roads, storage and markets ii) Irrigated agriculture, minor drainage and flood control works and iii) Production and employment program (PEP) for the rural poor.
Views of Rural Development
Author
Comments
Katar Singh
Rural development as the overall development of rural areas, which aims at improving quality of life of
Chapter 1
1.1 Introduction
Bangladesh with its 38% people living below poverty line and 18% living in absolute poverty is suffering from acute rural-urban economic disparity coupled with illiteracy, lack of proper health and sanitation facilities. The country’s economy is basically an agrarian one with vast majority living in rural areas. The agriculture sector is unable to provide any further scope for employment resulting in influx of rural population towards urban areas.
Rural areas are characterized by stagnant agriculture and scanty industries. Underemployment and unemployment is a regular phenomenon particularly in rural areas. The vast human resources have remained unutilized due to lack of education, proper training and concerted efforts to help grow the rural economy. It results in uneven distribution of income which causes serious setback in balanced geographical growth as well as growth of GDP.
1.2 Literature review
The rural development model as conceived by the Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development
(BARD) and known as the “Comilla Model” emphasized the formation of cooperatives and the integration of support services provided by government departments originated in the early 1960s. The Government of Bangladesh (1984) formulated and adopted Strategy for Rural Development Projects (a Sectoral Policy Paper of the Planning
Commission) in January 1984. The rural development strategy contained three components:
i) Development of physical infrastructure including roads, storage and markets ii) Irrigated agriculture, minor drainage and flood control works and iii) Production and employment program (PEP) for the rural poor.
Views of Rural Development
Author
Comments
Katar Singh
Rural development as the overall development of rural areas, which aims at improving quality of life of
References: Bangladesh Arthonoitik Samikha (Economic Survey, 2002) Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC). Bangladesh E-journal Of Sociology. 2011. Akram, Khan & Hossain. 2006. Economic Analyses Of The Contemporary Issues In Bangladesh. The University Press, Dhaka Overcoming Poverty in Bangladesh: Search for a New Paradigm -S