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Snakes, Ladders and Traps: Changing Lives and Livelihoods in Rural Bangladesh 1994-2001

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  • Kabeer, Naila

    (Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK)

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This paper examines national-level explanations for poverty decline in Bangladesh in micro-level detail in order to better understand the nature of the causalities at work and why some households have gained, while others have failed to gain, in the processes of change involved.The analysis is based on empirical data on the lives and livelihoods of rural households in two locations: Chandina thana in Comilla district and Modhupur thana in Tangail district. The data is drawn from panel data on 1,184 households in 1994 and 2001, and qualitative data collected by the author at various points during the period covered by the study. The paper demonstrates that the distribution of ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ is not determined purely by chance; it also reflects differences in endowments and efforts. The paper reintegrates this micro-level analysis with the macro-level explanations for poverty decline in Bangladesh, and draws out what it has to say about policies for the further reduc tion of poverty

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  • Kabeer, Naila, 2009. "Snakes, Ladders and Traps: Changing Lives and Livelihoods in Rural Bangladesh 1994-2001," Bangladesh Development Studies, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), vol. 32(2), pages 1-52, June.
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    Changing Lives; Livelihoods; Rural Bangladesh;
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    • A10 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - General

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