Income dynamics and pathways out of rural poverty in Bangladesh, 1988-2004
Bangladesh has made considerable progress in alleviating poverty in the recent past. Using data from a nationally representative longitudinal survey of rural households in Bangladesh conducted in three waves in 1988, 2000, and 2004, this article relates the dynamics of rural poverty reduction to the...
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| author | Nargis, Nigar Hossain, Mahabub |
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| description | Bangladesh has made considerable progress in alleviating poverty in the recent past. Using data from a nationally representative longitudinal survey of rural households in Bangladesh conducted in three waves in 1988, 2000, and 2004, this article relates the dynamics of rural poverty reduction to the structural shift in income generation mechanism from farm to nonfarm activities, changing household factor endowments, and the adoption of improved agricultural technologies over time.1 The findings show that the occupational shift from the farm to the nonfarm sector, such as trade, business, and services, as well as the expansion of cultivated areas through tenancy, enhance income growth. Geographic mobility, overseas migration in particular, makes a significant contribution to income growth as well. The reduction in poverty appears to be vitally dependent on the enhancement of the endowment of human and physical capital that augments the poor households' capability to better exploit income‐generating opportunities and place the households on a sustainable route out of poverty. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1665182025-02-19T14:25:09Z Income dynamics and pathways out of rural poverty in Bangladesh, 1988-2004 Nargis, Nigar Hossain, Mahabub factors of production farm income households migration non-farm income off-farm employment poverty rural development technical progress bangladesh Bangladesh has made considerable progress in alleviating poverty in the recent past. Using data from a nationally representative longitudinal survey of rural households in Bangladesh conducted in three waves in 1988, 2000, and 2004, this article relates the dynamics of rural poverty reduction to the structural shift in income generation mechanism from farm to nonfarm activities, changing household factor endowments, and the adoption of improved agricultural technologies over time.1 The findings show that the occupational shift from the farm to the nonfarm sector, such as trade, business, and services, as well as the expansion of cultivated areas through tenancy, enhance income growth. Geographic mobility, overseas migration in particular, makes a significant contribution to income growth as well. The reduction in poverty appears to be vitally dependent on the enhancement of the endowment of human and physical capital that augments the poor households' capability to better exploit income‐generating opportunities and place the households on a sustainable route out of poverty. 2006-11 2024-12-19T12:56:21Z 2024-12-19T12:56:21Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/166518 en Wiley Nargis, Nigar; Hossain, Mahabub. 2006. Income dynamics and pathways out of rural poverty in Bangladesh, 1988-2004. Agricultural Economics, Volume 35 no. s3 p. 425-435 |
| spellingShingle | factors of production farm income households migration non-farm income off-farm employment poverty rural development technical progress bangladesh Nargis, Nigar Hossain, Mahabub Income dynamics and pathways out of rural poverty in Bangladesh, 1988-2004 |
| title | Income dynamics and pathways out of rural poverty in Bangladesh, 1988-2004 |
| title_full | Income dynamics and pathways out of rural poverty in Bangladesh, 1988-2004 |
| title_fullStr | Income dynamics and pathways out of rural poverty in Bangladesh, 1988-2004 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Income dynamics and pathways out of rural poverty in Bangladesh, 1988-2004 |
| title_short | Income dynamics and pathways out of rural poverty in Bangladesh, 1988-2004 |
| title_sort | income dynamics and pathways out of rural poverty in bangladesh 1988 2004 |
| topic | factors of production farm income households migration non-farm income off-farm employment poverty rural development technical progress bangladesh |
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