04852oam 22006615 450 991095861740332120240501061611.09781464808838146480883X10.1596/978-1-4648-0876-0(CKB)3710000000750899(EBL)4592188(OCoLC)946277586(SSID)ssj0001691192(PQKBManifestationID)16404592(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001691192(PQKBWorkID)14959109(PQKB)22922219(MiAaPQ)EBC4592188(DLC) 2016016939(The World Bank)19046957(US-djbf)19046957(Perlego)1483650(EXLCZ)99371000000075089920160407d2016 uy 0engurcn|||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierDynamics of rural growth in Bangladesh sustaining poverty reduction /Madhur Gautam and Rashid Faruqee1st ed.Washington, D.C. :The World Bank,2016.1 online resource (pages cm.)Directions in developmentDescription based upon print version of record.9781464808760 1464808767 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.Introduction -- The dynamic rural economy -- Agricultural growth and its drivers -- The evolving structure of agriculture -- Growth of the non-farm sector and its drivers -- Connecting farmers to markets : trading in high-value products -- Prospects for food and nutrition security -- Priority areas for action -- Tables -- References.The rural economy in Bangladesh has powerfully advanced economic growth and substantially reduced poverty, especially since 2000, but the remarkable transformation and unprecedented dynamism in rural Bangladesh remain an underexplored, underappreciated, and largely untold story. Dynamics of Rural Growth in Bangladesh: Sustaining Poverty Reduction tells that story and inquires what specific actions Bangladesh might take-given the residual poverty and persistent malnutrition-to accelerate and channel its rural dynamism to sustain the gains in eliminating poverty, achieving shared prosperity, and advancing national aspirations to achieve middle-income status. The central element of this study, undertaken with the Government of Bangladesh Planning Commission to address key questions elicited through extensive consultation, is an empirical analysis that illuminates the underlying dynamics of rural growth, particularly the role of agriculture and its relationship to the nonfarm economy. Using all sources of data available for the macro-, meso-, and microhousehold levels, the analysis provides new evidence on changes in the rural economy and the principal drivers of rural incomes. It also examines market performance for high-value agricultural products and agriculture-nutrition linkages, based on new surveys and analysis. The resulting evidence, examined in light of the rich knowledge of rural development in Bangladesh, is used to delineate the implications for policy and the strategic priorities for sustaining future rural development, poverty reduction, food security, and nutrition. The effects of policy reforms, changes in technology, and investments in infrastructure and human capital described here, along with the persistent enterprise of rural Bangladeshi households, offer a compelling case study of how mutually reinforcing actions can trigger the highly-sought-after virtuous cycle of rural development. The findings clearly demonstrate the pro-poor nature of agricultural growth and its catalytic role in stimulating the rural nonfarm economy. They show that households have no linear or predictable pathway out of poverty; instead, they wisely employ a combination of farm and nonfarm income strategies to climb out of, and then stay out of, poverty. The results represent a strong contribution to the global thinking on rural transformation and on how agriculture in particular sustains the economic momentum that fosters poverty reduction and more widespread prosperity. World Bank e-Library.Rural developmentBangladeshAgricultural extension workBangladeshBangladeshRural conditionRural developmentAgricultural extension work338.1095492Gautam Madhur1960-1812828Faruqee Rashid1938-World Bank,DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910958617403321Dynamics of rural growth in Bangladesh4365439UNINA