Basket Case or Poverty Alleviation

Bangladesh Approaches the Twenty-First Century

by Sven Cederroth

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80 pp.,
NIAS Reports # 34
Available from NIAS Press worldwide




Paperback - 1997, Available
ISBN 978 87 87062 59 6, £5.00


Outlines Bangladesh's achievements and examines the chances of achieving moderate prosperity, then looks at population growth, economic performance, political instability and the role international donors might play in the development of the country.

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