The Agrarian Structure of Bangladesh: An Impediment to Development

by James T Peach and F Tomasson Jannuzi

Book Overview

The relationship between the agrarian structure of Bangladesh and its problems of rural development is established in this study based on four years (1975-79) of field research. The authors suggest that the concentration of land in the hands of a rural elite is the principal impediment to the participation of weaker sections of the peasantry in economic progress. Tracing the failure of local attempts to change Bangladesh's agrarian structure by legislative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036730547X
• ISBN13: 9780367305475
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 9.1"