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The role of foreign assistance and commercial interests in the exploitation of the Sundarbans

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This paper analyzes resource utilization of the Sundarbans in terms of the contradictory issues and pressures generated by foreign assistance and commercial interests in Bangladesh. In the paper, the historical legacy of resource definition and use that shaped the development of forest policy under the British is considered. In addition, the critical role of the state and the interests and pressures on the Government are explored as these shape the larger context in which current natural resource policy is generated and maintained. Three areas of potential conflict between current devlopment policy and resource management control are noted. They are 1) the privatization of production and resource exploitation in contrast to common property resource use, 2) the need to meet foreign exchange requirements versus local user interests, and 3) commercial versus local user interests. The paper argues that national and international fiscal and economic constraints operate to favor commercial interests and natural resource exports at the cost of policies that emphasize an active approach to the generation and preservation of renewable resources such as the Sundarbans. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1990

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  • Florence McCarthy, 1990. "The role of foreign assistance and commercial interests in the exploitation of the Sundarbans," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 7(2), pages 52-60, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:agrhuv:v:7:y:1990:i:2:p:52-60
    DOI: 10.1007/BF01530436
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    1. Runge, Carlisle Ford, 1986. "Common property and collective action in economic development," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 14(5), pages 623-635, May.
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    1. Jnanabrata Bhattacharyya, 1990. "Uses, values, and use values of the Sundarbans," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 7(2), pages 34-39, March.
    2. Harry Blair, 1990. "Local government and rural development in the bengal Sundarbans: An inquiry in managing common property resources," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 7(2), pages 40-51, March.

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