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Urban-Rural Links and Transformation In Bangladesh: A Review of the Issues
This paper attempts to contextualize urban-rural links and transformation in a specific country, Bangladesh. Discussions in Bangladesh about how to improve urban or rural livelihoods come mostly from an isolated sectoral perspective, not a holistic one that appreciates intersectoral links. Urban and rural poverty tend to be discussed separately, as if they had no connection. This paper seeks to go beyond these discussions to explore rural-urban interactions and suggest how Bangladesh can take advantage of the synergies to reduce both urban and rural poverty.
As a literature review, this paper has gaps as well as insights. Still, it hopes to provide a template to make similar explorations in other countries and contexts. The paper is organized around types of urban-rural interactions, both sectorally and spatially. After an introduction to the topic, the paper describes the flows of people in urban and rural areas. It then focuses on agriculture, a key element of urban-rural interactions, and describes how livelihoods in this important sector are changing and how they relate to urban-rural transformation. Later sections look at the flows of goods, investments, information and services as well as natural resources and wastes. The paper also emphasizes the need for good governance and the incorporation of spatial considerations in planning and policymaking. |
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1 July 2004
Authors:
James Garrett and Shyamal Chowdhury, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Washington, D.C. U.S.A.
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